ascended
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Though Democrats flocked to support Becerra as he rapidly ascended in the primary election polls, he won largely without help from unions or influential organizations such as the California Medical Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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
When Bunch ascended to his top job in 2019, he was celebrated as the first African-American and first historian in the Secretary role—his 13 predecessors all hailed from scientific, business or legal fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
He had ascended the throne aged just three and was crowned when he turned 18.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Oswald Avery’s paper on DNA was published in 1944—the very year that the Nazi exterminations ascended to their horrific peak in Germany.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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