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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
“Empire of Ashes” opens with the sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman’s awkward ascent to the presidency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Absorbed by my surroundings and the gravity of the labor, I lost myself in the unfettered pleasures of ascent, and for an hour or two actually forgot to be afraid.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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
That same day, 52-year-old Lhakpa Sherpa, who's also known as the "Mountain Queen", broke her personal record for the most ascents by a female climber, after her 11th Everest summit.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Harrop and Anselmet clocked a winning time of 26min 57.44sec in the relay, consisting of ascents on skis and sections on foot with skis attached to the backpack.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
Between 1990 and 1995, Hall was responsible for putting thirty-nine climbers on the summit of Everest—three more ascents than had been made in the first twenty years after Sir Edmund Hillary’s inaugural climb.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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