ascend
Example Sentences
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And we begin on Highway 127, a two-lane stretch that runs north from Baker, slowly ascending and descending toward the Nevada border.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, he ascended to rarefied levels of the sport by mastering the technical aspects of the game, from route running to body control, at an extreme level.
He was tapped to the CMC in 2012 when Xi became its head after ascending to the top of the Communist Party.
From Barron's
“Apparently in the spring they ascend all the way to the ridges above here. But I’ve never hiked that high.”
From Literature
He was also the youngest man to ascend to the world number one ranking.
From Barron's
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