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ascend

[uh-send] / əˈsɛnd /


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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

Speaking to the BBC, McCartney said visitors will ascend the Savile Row building and see "various things" including memorabilia before they can "pretend to be a Beatle" on the roof.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

But without the scene there would be nowhere for Mary to ascend.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

"After recording several takes of this work... she quietly turned to me and said, 'This one is good. I would like to have this one played when I ascend into heaven'."

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

We ascend the stage, and an older player asks me quietly for a bit of rosin.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum has two legs and can climb stairs, cleaning each step as it ascends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

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

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2025

Jeff Koons, left, ascends to plant a dudleya, the first succulent in the installation of 50,000 flowering plants for his sculpture “Split-Rocker.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2025

Later Yen taught us, ‘After life, the rational soul ascends the dragon; the sentient soul descends the dragon. So in the world there can be no ghosts. This thing must have been a Fox Spirit.’

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

"I think she has ascended to sainthood now."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

As Amodei ascended within OpenAI, Clark joined him at company events.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 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

He also reflected on his career thus far — he quickly ascended to fame in 2019 with his viral hit “Old Town Road” — and teased that new music is on the way.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Over the course of twelve years, Virginia Tucker, the labs Head Computer, had ascended from a subprofessional employee to the most powerful woman at the lab.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

He left for army training in Belgrade in the early 1960s, becoming an officer by the age of 22 and ascending to be commander of the Bosnian Serb forces in the war.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 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

Additionally, the chart is showing a bullish technical pattern known as an ascending triangle.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 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

From up there, Holmes can see everybody in the room and most of those ascending the front steps.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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