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Many have worked and trained alongside each other for years, forming bonds that transcend cultures and languages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

But DC’s latest installment lands like a big hunk of Kryptonite for the dream of a superhero franchise that can transcend the genre’s clichés, Slate’s Dana Stevens writes.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

At a summit in Beijing last month, Xi Jinping asked Donald Trump if the countries could "transcend the so-called 'Thucydides Trap' and forge a new paradigm for major-power relations".

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Like all of those after-school specials, there’s a distinct element of gratitude that helps the film transcend accusations of corniness or caricature.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

And his efforts to ignore it, transcend it, seemed to work only when he spent his days looking for whatever was light-hearted and without grave consequences.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Polls show in many cases opposition to data centers transcends political partisanship.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Support for recess transcends party lines and geography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Norway might have quality in their ranks, but nobody else transcends the sport like Haaland.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

At 82, he sits with perfect posture, possessing an elegance that transcends our threadbare surroundings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

This makes Dowland’s contribution, like Shakespeare’s, something very different from what had gone before: his work has a universal appeal that transcends its age.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Smith Jr. came to San Diego as a fearsome linebacker who made two Pro Bowls, yet he transcended football through his infectious personality and devotion to his adopted city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Tony Blair, the British prime minister, declared in 2005 that to debate globalization, which he believed transcended the world of nation-states, was like discussing “whether autumn should follow summer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Khichuri was so beloved that its influence later transcended geographical boundaries and cultures.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

The highest-earning female athlete of all-time, Williams drew huge crowds throughout her career and is a figure who has truly transcended her sport.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Manjusri, with a calm smile, gently raises his hand to counter that the true nonmaterial essence of the Buddha can never be comprehended before transcending the material world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Students from across the country have joined the protests in Delhi, transcending caste, religion and regional identities.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Before kick-off, Iranian players presented white roses to their American counterparts as a gesture of peace, in a moment widely seen as transcending politics.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

The human species, Huxley affirms, should embrace transhumanism: “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.”

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025

Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly