an indomitable spirit that no amount of adversity could overmatch
Recent Examples on the WebBoth countries are concerned that Chinese, Russian, or North Korean hypersonic weapons, with blistering fast flight speeds, could overmatch existing defenses.—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2023 The Longhorns easily overmatch the Golden Lions in their return home.—Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2022 But the Rockets were so overmatched in the first half, they were outscored 22-0 in second-chance points.—Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2020 Sharapova was Williams’s great if overmatched foil, on the court and in American culture.—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2020 See all Example Sentences for overmatch
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