transcend
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"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
Back to full health, and her confidence in her ability fully restored, Hunt is now realising her full potential - and beginning to transcend the sport in the process.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mr. Greene’s portrait of Jesse Owens and the Ernie Davis story are a reminder that athletic feats transcend hatred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But just as we had outgrown our Youth League outlook, I was confident that these young men would transcend some of the strictures of Black Consciousness.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
It indicates a "systemic problem which transcends one rogue doctor and one rogue clinic", according to the British Fertility Society.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Polls show in many cases opposition to data centers transcends political partisanship.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Quasi-mathematical questions arise naturally when one transcends one’s self, family, and friends.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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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
Where Parker was the jazz-saxophone genius who succumbed to his excesses, Coltrane transcended his.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
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
His basketball skills transcended his years; he was only in fifth grade when high schools started to recruit him.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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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
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
This year abounded in wild artificial-intelligence fantasies of transcending the human condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Ada Carrillo, one of the devout who crowed the basilica this week, said she unites all of Mexico, transcending political, geographic and class divides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 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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