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free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climb

as in to summit

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Recent Examples of free-climb Potter later became the first person to free-climb both Half Dome and El Capitan in less than 24 hours. — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

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The sheer amount of talent required to summit that particular mountain is enormous.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 June 2026
The push to resolve the war will dominate discussions at the G7 leaders summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, starting Tuesday, with further details of the memorandum of understanding expected to be released later this week.

— Spencer Kimball,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 June 2026

Definition of summit

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An autopsy later determined the cause of Grant’s shocking death, at just 49 years old, to be a ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm.

— Sam McDowell July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Weather conditions prevented a helicopter rescue so three rangers ascended on foot, the Forest Service said.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of ascend

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The pair is also known for scaling buildings around the world.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Since relocating to Los Angeles, Gonzalez’s small downtown team has scaled Happy Organics into a design-forward brand carried by major retailers, anchored in local maker communities and a sense of purpose.

— Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of scale

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While wearables were already a hard enough curve to convince people on regarding constant data collection, embedding sensors and ways to collect data inside people’s homes will be an even higher threshold to surmount.

— Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
However, there are still some hurdles to surmount, particularly financing.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 27 June 2026

Definition of surmount

Verb

Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.

— Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.

— Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025

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