scaling

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Images on social media showed a person scaling the fence in a costume that included a smiley face head with sunglasses, prompting the monkeys to scatter.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

SMIC, China’s biggest chip foundry, reported weaker-than-expected net profit at the start of the year as it keeps scaling capacity amid China’s push for chip localization.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Regardless, at the age of four he broke records by scaling Yr Wyddfa, also known as Snowdon.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

You could not have youngsters scaling walls to go into town and go wild, the way they did at the federal government colleges.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie