ascent
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Like crypto firms, prediction markets have faced controversy during their ascent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Bieber asks, and the trick of a song born from a branding problem is that it summons the sensation of endless ascent.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
By the eve of the final ascent, Whittaker’s weight had dropped to 175 pounds from 200.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Each phase of the ascent was, in the understated language of mission control, "nominal": maximum dynamic pressure, main engine cut-off and booster separation.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Along with most of the Virginia dynasty, however, his ascent into the revolutionary elite was not the exclusive function of talent and virtue.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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