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• v  win a victory over
  You must overcome all difficulties
• v  get on top of; deal with successfully
• v  overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
• v  overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

• The community as a whole, he says, has not overcome its general torpor.
• Can we overcome apathy? Yes, but only if we have hope.
• The media pall over his reputation was impossible to overcome.

• get the better of
• defeat
• get over
• subdue
• surmount
• master
• overwhelm
• overpower
• sweep over
• whelm
• overtake
• get the best
• have the best

News & Articles

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• A's stave off late rally to overcome Yankees
  (Reuters) - A late New York Yankees rally fell just short as the Bronx Bombers threatened to overcome a six-run deficit in the final two innings of their 6-4 defeat to the high-flying Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. Coco Crisp homered in the opening inning and Derek Norris drove in four runs to help Oakland charge to a 6-0 lead before the visiting Yankees provided some belated resistance. After ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Baseball-A's stave off late rally to overcome Yankees
  June 11 (Reuters) - A late New York Yankees rally fell just short as the Bronx Bombers threatened to overcome a six-run deficit in the final two innings of their 6-4 defeat to the high-flying Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. Coco Crisp homered in the opening inning and Derek Norris drove in four runs to help Oakland charge to a 6-0 lead before the visiting Yankees provided some belated resistance ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Smokies can't overcome homer in 3-2 loss to Mobile
  Smokies can’t overcome homer
  June 11, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in New York Times
  While our problems may be new, what is required to overcome them is not,Mr. Obama said before the train ride began. "What is required is the same perseverance and idealism that our founders displayed." "What is required is a new...
• Matjaž Kek in The Associated Press
  My heart is overcome with sadness for the devastating loss of my true friend Michael. He was an extraordinary friend, artist and contributor to the world. I join his family and his fans in celebrating his incredible life and mourning his untimely... Paul McCartney http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGrV_ZUUwh9RRu0wE1RqdYA4qx2Pg ABC News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/story%3Fid%3D7932509%26page%3D1&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEzqNU3eskOJzUrt3HcH9phvVu30Q Jun 25, 2009 70919 95071 overcome We lost our concentration in the second half and the Americans benefited from that," Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek said. "We were ahead of the United States but we didn't overcome this pressure."