transcend
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Back to full health, and her confidence in her ability fully restored, Hunt is now realising her full potential - and beginning to transcend the sport in the process.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mr. Greene’s portrait of Jesse Owens and the Ernie Davis story are a reminder that athletic feats transcend hatred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But the themes that emerge most forcefully from “You Won’t Get Free of It” transcend those relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
But DC’s latest installment lands like a big hunk of Kryptonite for the dream of a superhero franchise that can transcend the genre’s clichés, Slate’s Dana Stevens writes.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The future will erase everything—there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
It indicates a "systemic problem which transcends one rogue doctor and one rogue clinic", according to the British Fertility Society.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Polls show in many cases opposition to data centers transcends political partisanship.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
At 82, he sits with perfect posture, possessing an elegance that transcends our threadbare surroundings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
This sport transcends race, class, nationality, language, and religion.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Quasi-mathematical questions arise naturally when one transcends one’s self, family, and friends.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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
But where other artists might have spiraled, White and his compatriots transcended, turning inward while also looking to the stars.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
The highest-earning female athlete of all-time, Williams drew huge crowds throughout her career and is a figure who has truly transcended her sport.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
One felt the underlying bond that transcended their conflicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
They suggested rejuvenation, pain overcome and transcended, endless love.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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
This year abounded in wild artificial-intelligence fantasies of transcending the human condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 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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