rise above
Example Sentences
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That is especially true for copper and gold, a much safer bet to keep up with inflation than silver, which would need to rise above $200 an ounce to threaten its inflation-adjusted 1980 high.
In a post on X, Foro Penal lawyer Gonzalo Himiob said the number of releases could rise above 80 "as we proceed with verification".
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"It has complicated things, but the practitioners are still going to work together until they're not allowed to. Everyone's going to have to rise above the rhetoric."
From BBC
"I think the PM should just stay out of it, rise above it and get on with the job," the minister said.
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Implicit in the articles is the sense that there may be a kernel of something good in a society that enables individuals to rise above oppression.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.