as in rising
to move or extend upward
at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you
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Firefighters witnessed a rare ‘ash devil’ while battling the Trinity fire in San Bernardino County — a whirling column of hot ash and embers created when rising heat meets shifting winds.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026 -
Those on the left see rising costs as an opportunity to advance their big government agenda.—
Star Parker,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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New York — The tables are set, the cameras are waiting and some of today’s most stylish cultural figures are ascending the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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That’s because ascending the Kardashev scale isn’t really a realistic goal—the scale is more a crude guide for thinking about how a technological civilization could grow and what its ultimate limits could be.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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Archer-Daniels-Midland, the 125-year-old agricultural processor and food ingredient provider, has been climbing quietly and steadily the past 12 months.—
Carter Braxton Worth,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Becerra quickly began climbing in the polls, and is now one of the leading candidates.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Unlike Friday’s Oaks, where Ortiz had Always a Runner near the leaders before taking charge through the final turn and soaring past Meaning for a 1 1/4-length win, seizing the Derby required everything from jockey and mount.—
Gary B. Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Together, its soaring arch and Prospect Park form Brooklyn’s answer to Washington Square.—
Jonathan Timm,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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“Upturning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upturning. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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