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The former mayor of Manchester’s entry into Downing Street will mark the climax of a steep ascent for a politician who until last month wasn’t even a member of parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But Zhu's brand of market reformism, which lifted millions out of poverty but unleashed inequality, fell out of vogue with the ascent of Xi Jinping in 2012.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The total elevation climbed was roughly 110,000 meters, an average of 12,000 feet of daily vertical ascent per day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The researchers used these experimentally measured nucleation delays in numerical models of magma ascent.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Each crew member had two space suits: a flight spacesuit to wear during descent and ascent, and the much bulkier and more robust EVA suit to wear when doing surface operations.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

When funds go from first to worst, many people attracted at the latter stages of those ascents bail out and actually lose money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It tunneled 435 feet through the mountains for slightly easier descents and ascents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000 metre-plus ascents.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

With the push to the summit well underway, authorities and expedition operators have told the BBC they will space out the ascents to manage overcrowding.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Later still, I encountered a member of Mai Duff s commercial expedition, a twenty-eight-year-old Finn named Veikka Gustafsson whose record of previous Himalayan ascents included Everest, Dhaulagiri, Makalu, and Lhotse.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer