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It would be classic stubborn baseball to ascend the summit and slide right off it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

You ascend quickly via its glass elevator, and the Endeavour and its components shift in size and sensation as you climb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Our tendency to ascend and reach higher places may reflect a deep ancestral relationship with trees that extends beyond anatomy alone.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

But what some perceive as a negative makes the Green Lantern legend appealing to others, especially those driven to ascend through ambition and hard work.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Continuing his quest to ascend all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, in September Boukreev traveled to Tibet and climbed both Cho Oyu and 26,291-foot Shisha Pangma.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

As the rover ascends, the landscape increasingly shows signs that water gradually disappeared over time, although occasional wetter periods allowed rivers and lakes to return.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum has two legs and can climb stairs, cleaning each step as it ascends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Only days remain until Zohran Mamdani ascends the throne of New York City, and nearly all his great opponents have given up.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

Jeff Koons, left, ascends to plant a dudleya, the first succulent in the installation of 50,000 flowering plants for his sculpture “Split-Rocker.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

As she ascends the stage to accept her award, she feels “like a movie star getting her Academy Award.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

At the Texas event, Tesla set up a gigantic C-shaped ramp, and the Roadster ascended to the top of the curve.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

McVay laments, usually lightheartedly, the loss of staff members that have ascended to become head coaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

King Oyo ascended the throne in 1995 and became an international curiosity because of his young age.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Morris played wide receiver at Texas Tech then ascended through the coaching ranks at Washington State and Incarnate Word in San Antonio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

For the next two hours we ascended an incline pitched as gently as a beginner’s ski slope, eventually arriving at the bergschrund that delineated the Khumbu Glacier’s upper end.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Modantus is his name, his head a skull, with brassy adornments ascending like a satellite dish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The sector list is sorted by September price changes in ascending order, with the full index at the bottom.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Here are a few of my current “one nice things,” roughly in ascending order of effort:

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Dyson spent nearly two decades ascending the Coca-Cola management ranks in South America, the Caribbean and Mexico before moving to Atlanta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Not long after Fischer reached Kruse and began the troublesome descent to Base Camp, they encountered Boukreev at the top of the Icefall, ascending alone, and Fischer harshly reprimanded the guide for shirking his responsibilities.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer