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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

While he has managed to ascend to the Labour leadership and the cusp of No 10 without revealing his wider policy plans, there is a fairly recent text already out there.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I’d love to see this film’s ingenue, Monica Barbaro, ascend to their ranks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Conventional wisdom holds that a young team has to ascend to contender status step by step, taking several years to progress from outside the playoffs to the NBA Finals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

It took Bass four years to ascend the Seven Summits.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025

After performing most of the first act as the raven-haired Mistress, Gaga ascends to a dance floor lit up like a chess board, competing against her opponent in a lethal, choreographed game.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

He watches as she ascends quickly up the stoop with her shopping bags, her heels suspended over the treads in a way that looks precarious.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

George IV died before seeing the project completed, and the first paintings were hung after his niece Queen Victoria ascended to the throne in 1837.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Al-Aqsa is mentioned in the Quran, and it is from where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

The Knicks have slowly and steadily ascended to the top of the NBA, advancing one playoff round farther each year—conference semifinals, conference finals, and the NBA Finals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Colbert ascended to the pinnacle of US late-night TV when he was named host of the CBS flagship, shedding the character and employing his own voice.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Dressed and ready to go, he left his apartment and ascended to the roof where his battered used hovercar lay parked.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

“I had the cool experience of actually ascending into the treehouse,” said Kim Cooper, co-owner of Esotouric tours and former visitors to the treehouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The hill is the Duke of Richmond’s driveway, a narrow lane taking in nine surprisingly sketchy turns, a bit more than a mile long, ascending the grounds of Goodwood Estate in West Sussex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

A mantle plume ascending from deep within the mantle whose constituent material differs chemically from the surrounding mantle and may include components derived from ancient oceanic crust.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

A dissection is when a tear occurs in the aorta’s inner lining, either in the ascending aorta or the descending one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

I knew the routine by heart—at this very moment, the tail end of the Grand Spectacle was exiting and Lottie, the aerialist, was ascending her rigging in the center ring.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen