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free-climbed

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past tense of free-climb

as in ascended

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The local football teams never ascended to such emotional heights, but did their best.

— Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Suddenly, the aircraft ascended and started rolling to the right as the pilots desperately worked to realign the aircraft.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

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When scaled across hundreds of millions of users, those fractions add up to massive daily expenditures.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
In August 2025, Health and Human Services also scaled down the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, which tracks food poisoning cases, slashing mandatory surveillance of six major germs, including cyclospora.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

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Eight quarterbacks in the final rankings of 2025 are currently on the bench or looking for work, so the quality diluted as injuries mounted.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Annotated divorce papers blown up and mounted, interactive exhibits detailing how your mom’s last round of chemo didn’t take, souvenir T-shirts emblazoned with your best friend’s last words before the car crash.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

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The New York Knicks, led by star point guard Jalen Brunson, look to extend their lead to 3-0 against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night and effectively put the championship series to bed (In the history of the NBA Finals, no team has ever surmounted a 3-0 comeback).

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 June 2026
At the center of it all, perfectly aligned with the flags, columns, architraves, and pediments, was the engrossed Declaration in its altar, surmounted by a bronze eagle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

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