transcend
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“Football has this power to transcend sports. It becomes an emotional thing,” said Hamlin, who is behind on his goal of raising $66,000 by the end of the month to expand work on the documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Green party leader Zack Polanski said: "There are moments in life such as this sad time that transcend politics and I join the whole country in sending condolences."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
"I really wanted to try to transcend the car racing," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her demonstrable character helped her transcend race and class in ways that few artists can claim.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet our ability to exercise free will and transcend the most extraordinary obstacles does not make the conditions of our life irrelevant.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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“I think this film transcends the political thing,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Being Alive” transcends its limitations through the kinetic connection of the cast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Sports really transcends all of this," Kemp said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Stevie Wonder says “September” and its “ba-dee-yas” resonate with every kind of audience because they’re jubilant in a way that transcends language and cultural barriers.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means “he who transcends grief.”
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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“All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. A standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Tickets to events featuring him are often sold out, applications to darting academies are reported to be at an all-time high and the Briton has transcended the sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
Charlie has transcended a workhouse childhood to become a person of some culture—his favorite novelist is, ironically enough, that bard of extreme poverty, Charles Dickens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Students from across the country have joined the protests in Delhi, transcending caste, religion and regional identities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
It is a rivalry that has defined the last two decades of football, transcending clubs, countries and competitions to reshape how the game has been played, consumed and debated across the world.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Mr. Bennett is potty about footie, and like all mildly deranged fans of the Beautiful Game he sees it as transcending the boundaries of mere sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
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