ascended
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Under Kidd’s leadership, the Mavericks ascended to the NBA Finals in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Even when he ascended to the White House, he deployed the expression liberally, often aiming it at his staff and Cabinet members.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
The gunfire did not appear to faze tourists, who ascended Morro Dois Irmaos at dawn on Tuesday to watch the sunrise over Rio's sweeping panorama of mountains and curved beaches.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
A sizable minority of well-off shoppers have always been frugal, perhaps because they grew up modestly and kept those habits when they ascended into the upper middle class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
By the mid-1930s, as Hitler ascended to power in Germany, droves of scientists sensed the rising menace of the Nazi political agenda and left the country.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
