How to pronounce overcome

Listen to overcome in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“overcome” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 463 American · 729 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. tourism industry has overcome and is having to overcome.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 32:22 · hear it here

  2. overcome existing barriers.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 44:44 · hear it here

  3. challenging difference to overcome and two the most urgent difference to overcome?

    Federal Reserve · watch from 22:45 · hear it here

  4. [singing] We shall overcome!

    National Archives · watch from 5:50 · hear it here

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