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free-climbed

verb

past tense of free-climb

as in ascended

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One of the children, a boy wrapped only in a towel, fled the riverbank in a panic and ascended to the road as the adults were drowning.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
For more than a decade, Miller steadily ascended in the niche world of NFL Draft media.

— Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026

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Organizers haven't revealed if the temporary Olympic capacity — initially projected to be 25,000 — for the aquatic center had been scaled down to avoid cost blowouts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Netflix, which has had a major presence in recent years, also has scaled down its attendance, dashing hopes of a Lido splash for David Fincher’s The Adventures of Cliff Booth and its cast led by Brad Pitt.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 July 2026

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Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman came over to comfort the mother, Mercedes Martinez, and the couple got up and left the courtroom.

— Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Martínez then got up and walked out of the courtroom with Jesus Rivas, the teen’s father.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 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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