Ascend
Ascend verb - To move or extend upward.
Dropping
Dropping noun - The act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to.
Both words in one sentence
- The New Warriors (the ones who got blown up right before Civil War) started out as an attempt to ascend a bunch of nobodies and has-beens, with the whole team dropping Out of Focus several times.
Source: Demoted To Extra / Comic Books
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