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free-climbed

verb

past tense of free-climb

as in ascended

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Thousands of people have ascended the mountain from the southeast ridge in Nepal, but only five had ever reached its summit from the North Face.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
In the span of just three days, SpaceX founder Elon Musk ascended to trillionaire status before crashing out of the club in a billion-dollar downturn.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

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Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds’ leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds' leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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Aurelius Systems recently mounted its Archimedes autonomous laser weapon on an American Rheinmetall unmanned ground vehicle at AUSA 2026.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Problems soon mounted, Beskrestnov said, with communication outages on top of the speed restriction, most likely caused by the new limits.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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Several diplomatic hurdles will need to be surmounted before any recovery effort can take its first steps.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
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

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