ascend
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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
I’d love to see this film’s ingenue, Monica Barbaro, ascend to their ranks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Participants also reported how many flights of stairs they climbed daily, based on the estimate that each flight takes 8 seconds to ascend.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 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
“According to M-Mercer,” Isidore pointed out, “a-all life returns. The cycle is c-c-complete for a-a-animals, too. I mean, we all ascend with him, die—”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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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
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
Jim MacLeod, 24, his older brother Glen and a friend had climbed the challenging mountaineer’s route, which ascends the east face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
The ball of paper bursts into flame and ascends across the stage.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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The king ascended the Scandinavian country's throne in January 1991 and has openly ruled out abdicating.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
As Amodei ascended within OpenAI, Clark joined him at company events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And as he ascended, James Dolan even turned on the patriarch, blocking his then-78-year-old father’s dream deal with a satellite TV business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Grainge’s son Elliot ascended through the record industry with his 10k Projects label, and now heads UMG’s competitor Atlantic Records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Virginia Tucker, who had ascended to the position of head computer, ran Langley’s entire computing operation of over two hundred women, and supervised Margery Hannah and the other section heads.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Turner played with Donald as a rookie in 2023 and soaked up as much as he could from the eight-time All-Pro before ascending to become a team leader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
Additionally, the chart is showing a bullish technical pattern known as an ascending triangle.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Neros’s profile in the administration has been ascending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cedric Diggory is ascending out of the water and seemingly out of the competition.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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