Word: ascendant
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...that he is the bastard son of Gertrude, and is jealous of his half-brother’s position of power and favor in the family. His ultimate goal is to see Hamlet into the throne so that he can become Hamlet’s principal advisor, and finally ascend into the limelight. The story proceeds from there...
...tone they did. After the triple jump, Harvard reeled off a string of important finishes that helped it ascend quickly in the meet's standings...
...point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels. A sailor to my left moved horizontal planes at the back of the boat that could cause it to dive or ascend. My wheel controlled the stern rudder and the horizontal fins at the sail (the sub's giant hump near its front). Experienced drivers knew how to work together. I didn...
...point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels. A sailor to my left moved horizontal planes at the back of the boat that could cause it to dive or ascend. My wheel controlled the stern rudder and the horizontal fins at the sail (the sub's giant hump near its front). Experienced drivers knew how to work together. I didn...
...refill your water bottle, and now, feeling more righteous than is good for you, you ascend purposefully and without pause to the rim and accept the silent admiration of the tourists there, who step back to let you pass. And you stride into the lodge and go to your room and shower and put on clean clothes and order a hero-size gin and tonic and sit on the balcony and look out at the canyon blazing red and orange in the sunset, and you feel a moral superiority that only time can diminish. What is a vacation...