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free-climbed

verb

past tense of free-climb

as in ascended

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Tight end Dalton Kincaid, edge Greg Rousseau, and second-year defensive tackle Deon Wallers have each ascended to status among the best at their positions.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
And yet, three games into the 2026 season, Smith-Njigba has ascended to another level.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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That means being creative-first, audience-focused, tech-forward and globally scaled – building a thriving ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced by audiences of all ages, everywhere.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
His unconventional ceramics, like his painting, tend to be massively scaled and edge closer to sculpture than functional objects.

— Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Barkov remained down for a few moments, then got up and headed toward the tunnel leading to the Florida dressing room.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Now, Entertainment Weekly looks back at what the cast of The Love Boat got up to after their years at sea.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026

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Macklemore later claimed that he was dropped from the trek after Kraft mounted a pressure campaign against Sheeran to nix the rapper.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
On top of that, there are target boards mounted to the machine that are designed to calibrate specific cameras.

— Robert Ferris, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

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The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index weathered a savage 30% drawdown, has been choppily trendless for two months, then in recent days finally broke above its downtrend and surmounted the 50-day moving average.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
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

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