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ascend

[uh-send] / əˈsɛnd /


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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

There have been some fiascos—a first-round exit at Wimbledon—but he continues to ascend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

I watch a great horned goat ascend the rocks toward my mere.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

And a noise like a shrunken scream descends and ascends around us.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

He soon ascended from nonfactor to legitimate contender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

But by the time Paxton had ascended through the state House and Senate to become attorney general in 2015, he was beginning to weather a series of controversies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

He had ascended the throne aged just three and was crowned when he turned 18.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A moment later, I paused to take another photo, this one looking down the Southeast Ridge, the route we had ascended.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Stage two is a gruelling 223km ride from Keswick in the Lake District to Liverpool, which includes five categorised climbs and 2,800 metres of ascending in total.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Before ascending the ranks of academia, Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff demonstrated against the Vietnam War and earned a literature degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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

By the time I loaded my backpack and strapped on my crampons, most of the rest of Hall’s group was already ascending the ropes toward Camp Four.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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