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The canid became the first large mammal known to ascend the gargantuan wildlife crossing nearing completion over the bustling 101 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But he was about to rapidly ascend in Russia to a position of wealth and influence, with the help of a powerful friend.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 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

Holding on to wrought-iron balustrades, guests would then ascend thirty stairs that curved upward to the first- floor landing, whose sky-blue ceiling that Daddy had replicated at our house was like the heavens.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

After a top-flight career as a session musician, Preston’s star ascends ever higher after his January 1969 collaboration with The Beatles.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

This is why the Ferrari Purosangue—with a free-breathing V12 engine—loses power as it ascends in altitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 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

This Commander ascends the steps to the podium, which is draped with a red cloth embroidered with a large white-winged eye.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Her groom had ascended to the Qing throne at the age of 2, only to see his rule end four years later when a rebellion toppled the imperial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

We now slowly ascended a drive, and came upon the long front of a house: candlelight gleamed from one curtained bow-window; all the rest were dark.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

At 43 years old, I recently had emergency open-heart surgery for an ascending aortic dissection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

She ended the show as she always does - attached to a harness, ascending into the rafters of the O2 and disappearing.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

For her, Pedro moved out of his neighborhood into a downtown apartment, thereby, without intending to do so, ascending to the middle class to which he had never aspired.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende