ascendancy

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The Bulls were in the ascendancy and Cummings' yellow card was looking ever more expensive as Cameron Hanekom gained territory and Francois Klopper went in under the posts to set up an easy Pollard conversion.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

It has been a theme during Leeds' season, starting in November when Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma went down as the West Yorkshire club were in the ascendancy at Etihad Stadium.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Totalitarian abuses of power and the banal ascendancy of evil aren’t stopped with mere pity, she maintained, but with thoughtfulness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Hence the ascendancy of Taylor Frankie Paul, queen of MomTok and “Mormon Wives,” a woman known for her lack of filter and habit of putting it all out there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Octavian, of whom I have written, and William Williams, another servant of the College of Lucidity in the days of our ascendancy, set forth seven days ago with a foraging detail navigating the Rappahannock River.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson