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The context deepens after we ascend to an upper passageway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

But he was about to rapidly ascend in Russia to a position of wealth and influence, with the help of a powerful friend.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 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

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

Precisely one minute before the hour, they each ascend their respective platforms and pull from their backs shimmering black bows and arrows.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

As the rover ascends, the landscape increasingly shows signs that water gradually disappeared over time, although occasional wetter periods allowed rivers and lakes to return.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

After a top-flight career as a session musician, Preston’s star ascends ever higher after his January 1969 collaboration with The Beatles.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

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

As she ascends the stage to accept her award, she feels “like a movie star getting her Academy Award.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

McVay laments, usually lightheartedly, the loss of staff members that have ascended to become head coaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Harald then ascended to the throne when Olav died on 17 January 1991.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

"I think she has ascended to sainthood now."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Security was achieved not by roping myself to a teammate but rather by clipping my safety tether to the fixed line and sliding it up the rope as I ascended.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

“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

For more context, here is a look at the 11 sectors of the S&P 500, showing forward P/E ratios, sorted ascending, those at the end of 2025 and year-to-date weighted price changes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

In Mercerism, an absolute evil plucked at the threadbare cloak of the tottering, ascending old man, but it was never clear who or what this evil presence was.

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