ascent
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The ascent of going, “Right, yes, A-game at all times, please.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The yield on the 10-year Treasury yield continues to climb, but our call of the day from Strategas says that ascent will be much higher before stocks start to hurt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But his brand of market reformism, which lifted millions out of poverty but unleashed inequality, fell out of vogue with the ascent of Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader in generations, in 2012.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Will Saturday's mass ascent at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta go ahead?
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It was hailed by climbers in some circles as the first true ascent of Everest.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
When funds go from first to worst, many people attracted at the latter stages of those ascents bail out and actually lose money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000-metre-plus ascents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
It tunneled 435 feet through the mountains for slightly easier descents and ascents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
On the course, there are two ascents on skis plus sections on foot, and two descents.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
During the 1980s Fischer made a number of impressive ascents that earned him a modicum of local renown, but celebrity in the world climbing community eluded him.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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