Insurmountable

Dean Knowles, the most senior dean in the country, said the cathedral clergy had been put "under a great deal of strain" as they faced what he described as "insurmountable issues" and that his position had become "untenable". ❋ Victoria Ward (2011)

What would be the point of the remaining contests if Obama's lead after Tuesday in insurmountable? ❋ Unknown (2008)

We were inclosed by a natural wall, rising steep on every side to a height which produced the idea of insurmountable confinement. ❋ Unknown (2003)

But it was in implementing privatization, against odds that could only be called insurmountable, that ❋ DANIEL YERGIN (1998)

But it was in implementing privatization, against odds that could only be called insurmountable, that he was to truly hone his skills. ❋ DANIEL YERGIN (1998)

Investors are interpreting the insouciance -- with Sarkozy saying that losing the AAA rating isn't "insurmountable" -- to mean that France has accepted the inevitable. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Of course, as McIntyre himself notes, the last time there was a dust-up like this, it was over Thomas P.M. Barnett's Esquire piece on Admiral William "Fox" Fallon, and that obviously didn't pave the way to some kind of insurmountable firewall between military brass and reporters like Hastings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To suppose God is bound by time is necessary for your paradox to cause 'insurmountable' issues. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Who would have thought that in an election with more than 2.8 million votes cast that a 225-vote margin would constitute an "insurmountable" lead? ❋ Unknown (2009)

One page cites the explicit concern that he might "drop out of [the] race" as a consequence of his potentially "insurmountable" personal and political vulnerabilities. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A simple, backcountry someone who wanted to be more, with a couple of "insurmountable" challenges thrown in. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

WASHINGTON -- Differences between the White House and Democrats in Congress over proposed housing-market legislation aren't "insurmountable," one of the administration's top economic advisers said Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even as Mr. Bush was threatening a veto yesterday, Keith Hennessey, director of the White House National Economic Council, was saying the differences between congressional Democrats and the administration aren't "insurmountable," the Journal reports, adding that this leaves the door open for an eventual deal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Some feel that former President Clinton's baggage is "insurmountable". ❋ Unknown (2008)

It would take a massive shift to erase Goldmark's lead and that is why the AP called it "insurmountable". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yet as one notable American who overcame a series of "insurmountable" odds to achieve success once said: ❋ Unknown (2007)

AP says his lead is "insurmountable": Ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon built an insurmountable lead in Mexico's presidential vote count Thursday, but his leftist rival vowed to challenge the results in court. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Contrary to claims of certain interwar theorists, like Carl Schmitt, the apparent demise of the legislature was not the consequence of an "insurmountable" opposition between parliamentary democracy and the demands of executive power in an era of administrative governance. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Hope thinks nothing difficult; [despair] tells us that difficulty is [insurmountable]. --I. [Watts]. ❋ Miles Flint (2004)