ascend

It would be classic stubborn baseball to ascend the summit and slide right off it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

You ascend quickly via its glass elevator, and the Endeavour and its components shift in size and sensation as you climb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But he was about to rapidly ascend in Russia to a position of wealth and influence, with the help of a powerful friend.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Our tendency to ascend and reach higher places may reflect a deep ancestral relationship with trees that extends beyond anatomy alone.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

In the 1970s, the famed Tyrolean alpinist Reinhold Messner emerged as the leading proponent of gasless climbing, declaring that he would ascend Everest “by fair means” or not at all.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

As the rover ascends, the landscape increasingly shows signs that water gradually disappeared over time, although occasional wetter periods allowed rivers and lakes to return.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

This is why the Ferrari Purosangue—with a free-breathing V12 engine—loses power as it ascends in altitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Only days remain until Zohran Mamdani ascends the throne of New York City, and nearly all his great opponents have given up.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

After performing most of the first act as the raven-haired Mistress, Gaga ascends to a dance floor lit up like a chess board, competing against her opponent in a lethal, choreographed game.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

Now the king ascends a gangplank of raw timbers that leads from the platform up to the top of the arch whose unjoined piers tower over crown and wharves and river.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

He soon ascended from nonfactor to legitimate contender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

At the Texas event, Tesla set up a gigantic C-shaped ramp, and the Roadster ascended to the top of the curve.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Morris played wide receiver at Texas Tech then ascended through the coaching ranks at Washington State and Incarnate Word in San Antonio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Harald then ascended to the throne when Olav died on 17 January 1991.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Moss hoisted his bike up on his right shoulder and ascended the stairs, glancing at the posters for concerts and plays from decades past in San Francisco.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Stage two is a gruelling 223km ride from Keswick in the Lake District to Liverpool, which includes five categorised climbs and 2,800 metres of ascending in total.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The 30-year Treasury rate shows a similar bullish technical pattern, an ascending triangle, with the top resistance level at 5.35%, and the 30-year is already trading above that resistance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

Here are a few of my current “one nice things,” roughly in ascending order of effort:

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Dyson spent nearly two decades ascending the Coca-Cola management ranks in South America, the Caribbean and Mexico before moving to Atlanta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Wings whistling, the dove takes off, ascending; then it lands, whistling, on a tree just above me.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes