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transcend

[tran-send] / trænˈsɛnd /


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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

Macron came to power in 2017 promising to modernise the economy and transcend France's traditional political divide.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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

But while Washington attempted to transcend the ideological wars of the 1790s, Burr seemed disposed to tunnel beneath the warring camps, then pop up on the side promising him the bigger tribute.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Yes, it transcends the constraints of both diet and design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Blow's refusal to compromise on any aspect of the Order of the Sinking Star transcends its core design.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

I’m supporting women and their families, which transcends inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Being Alive” transcends its limitations through the kinetic connection of the cast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means “he who transcends grief.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

While Loretta Lynn, Bobbie Gentry and Jeannie C. Riley began to change that image in the 1960s, Ms. Parton transcended countrypolitan Nashville by embracing her rural heritage, not smoothing it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

They were outgoing and confident, and transcended every high school clique.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

It's hard to imagine many other snooker players past or present transcending the sport to the extent of rubbing shoulders with royalty.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

This year abounded in wild artificial-intelligence fantasies of transcending the human condition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

You’d have to be there, but it was just a magical, transcending moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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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