But the government website claimed yesterday that "he has overcome health difficulties after successful surgery to remove shrapnel".
He has overcome the powers of darkness.
He has overcome inexperience, a quarantine, a trip from Japan.
He has overcome myriad obstacles to win the Ballon d'Or.
He has overcome language and cultural barriers and is one of the better-liked players among both teammates and opponents.
He has overcome enough challenges that there is no reason to believe he will be unable to meet another.
He has overcome reconstructive elbow surgery to go 15-5 with a 2.85 earned run average while leading the National League in strikeouts, with 183.
He has overcome his own demons — Gomez spent 40 days in jail for narcotics possession in 2003 — to lead the nation's jockeys in earnings the past four years.
He has overcome a rough start at the plate after the Mets summoned him from the minors and has hit.325 since the All-Star break.
He has overcome Democratic majorities before, but the ratio has grown to more than 2 to 1, with 52percentt registered as Democrats and 23percentt as Republicans.
He has overcome challenges before, he said, pointing to the 10 years he spent in the Netherlands getting his Ph.D. in economics.
