ascend

The context deepens after we ascend to an upper passageway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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

Araya, the arborist, outfitted Paloma Muñiz-Ochoa, 17, and Maia Atkinson, 17, then, one by one, taught them the leg technique to ascend prepositioned ropes to a branch 50 feet above ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

After the untimely death of Jongilizwe in the 1920s, his son Sabata, the infant of the Great Wife, was too young to ascend to the throne.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

As one ascends to the ample and airy interior, the Palisade experience improves considerably.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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

On Highland Avenue, the base of the block is mostly intact but as the street ascends toward the foothills, homes disappear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

When magma ascends from deep within Earth, it can make the ground shake.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

He ascends, falls at a slope, strikes the rebar and returns to the ground.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Pope Leo XIV, who ascended to the throne of St. Peter last year, has already made six overseas trips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

I ascended it now, in lighter boots than of yore, and tapped in my old way at the door of Miss Havisham’s room.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

For the last 31 years, it has been headed by King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who was once known as a "boy king", after ascending to the throne as an infant.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

They are listed in ascending order of their year-to-date returns.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Secretly, I dreamed of ascending Everest myself one day; for more than a decade it remained a burning ambition.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer