vaulting

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Lives Lived: Bob Richards, a minister nicknamed the Vaulting Vicar, won two Olympic gold medals during the Cold War.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023

“I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’other.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

Antigone For its inaugural production, new theater company Vaulting Ambition stages a modern retelling of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2018

Vaulting over Jordan, whose Jumpman logo is as synonymous with the NBA as Jerry West’s silhouette, is its own reward.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2014

Vaulting over the rail, Tanin ran down the gangplank to the dock.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee