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Discover LudwigThe phrase "against impossibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing actions or efforts that are being made despite the challenges or barriers posed by something deemed impossible.
Example: "She fought against impossibility, believing that her dreams could still be realized."
Alternatives: "defying the impossible" or "challenging impossibility".
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Rather than suffer another broadside, Cochrane surrendered his ship and was taken aboard Desaix, where Christy-Pallière acknowledged his brave defence by refusing to accept Cochrane's surrendered sword with the words "I will not accept the sword of an officer who has for so many hours struggled against impossibility".
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At ParCon 2, adults must forgo all waking activities except work, childcare and railing against the impossibility of the universe.
"Step by Step" (1979) projects mother love against the impossibility of protecting children in a world of foul water and limited food.
A new anthology, The Essential Tagore (Harvard, £29.95), attempts to introduce the reader to a representative sample of Tagore's oeuvre, though its editors Fakrul Alam and Radha Chakravarty warn against the impossibility of finding "the essential quality of a writer so versatile, mercurial, dynamic, and self-contradictory".
In "At Berkeley," Wiseman, looking admiringly at the historic seat of student radicalism, comes up against the impossibility of a radical university — because real radicalism isn't something that responsible administrators unwilling to renounce the proper administration of the university itself, and maybe even to put its very existence at risk, can foster.
In "At Berkeley," Wiseman, looking admiringly at the historic seat of student radicalism, comes up against the impossibility of a radical university because real radicalism isn't something that responsible administrators unwilling to renounce the proper administration of the university itself, and maybe even to put its very existence at risk, can foster.
It may simply be that our mind is revolting against the impossibility of a "magic window" showing something so lifelike that is clearly not reality.
However, a stronger argument against the impossibility hybrids is provided by James Mattingly, who points out that since there are satisfiable axioms for semiclassical theories, inconsistency cannot be established in general (2009, p. 381).
This week, some people who both operate in, and shape, the prevailing paradigm came up against that impossibility for the first time.
I believe Edit started learning Mandarin and came up against the impossibility of it all, and started to build this piece instead.
Captain Eads, with his jetties, has done a work at the mouth of the Mississippi which seemed clearly impossible; so we do not feel full confidence now to prophesy against like impossibilities.
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