transcend
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The movie, only barely delving into its subject’s troubling complexity, ends up flashy and glib, a loosely fact-based fantasia that can’t transcend its own shallowness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"I really wanted to try to transcend the car racing," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her demonstrable character helped her transcend race and class in ways that few artists can claim.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The Hundred has given us the chance to really transcend what's a difficult and fairly challenging macroeconomic environment and take us in a different direction," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Listen to me, Sikander. There are only two things that are truly infinite, that transcend time and space. Love is one of them."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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“I think this film transcends the political thing,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Being Alive” transcends its limitations through the kinetic connection of the cast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Sports really transcends all of this," Kemp said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The ability to make a viewer truly feel as though they are witnessing something that transcends time, something that has always existed, is a very rare and special one.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Bobby thought of himself as being totally aware and equated himself with Bhagwan’s concept of the Nietzschean “Superman” who transcends the constraints of society.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“The University remained one of the few forces that transcended disparate regions and groups,” Pawel writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Smith Jr. came to San Diego as a fearsome linebacker who made two Pro Bowls, yet he transcended football through his infectious personality and devotion to his adopted city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tony Blair, the British prime minister, declared in 2005 that to debate globalization, which he believed transcended the world of nation-states, was like discussing “whether autumn should follow summer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Khichuri was so beloved that its influence later transcended geographical boundaries and cultures.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
There was something in her bearing that transcended her soft voice and diminutive stature.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Students from across the country have joined the protests in Delhi, transcending caste, religion and regional identities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Before kick-off, Iranian players presented white roses to their American counterparts as a gesture of peace, in a moment widely seen as transcending politics.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Ada Carrillo, one of the devout who crowed the basilica this week, said she unites all of Mexico, transcending political, geographic and class divides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
At its 1886 height, the Knights claimed nearly one million members, seeking a cooperative commonwealth transcending the wage system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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