ladder

Example Sentences

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Another relative, Raúl Castro’s grandnephew Oscar Pérez-Oliva, has rapidly climbed Cuba’s political ladder and is seen as a potential successor to President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In her piece this week, Rachel Ensign looks at a report showing that more families are scaling the economic ladder into higher-earning groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Meta styled Muse Spark as “the first step on our scaling ladder and the first product of a ground-up overhaul.”

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Zhang's rise embodied what millions of his followers aspire towards: someone from a small town who climbs the social ladder by forging their own path.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

We walked on home with the ladder, stepping high over shadows, in a drone of locusts and the gathering gloom, the night before school took up.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck