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Here are ascending total returns with dividends reinvested for one week through Thursday for five AI hyperscalers:

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

“You are ascending into Paradise,” read a road sign on the way into town, a charming spot in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in northern California.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2018

“We are ascending as a position group, and as a defense and as a team,” said Tillery, who added four tackles and two sacks.

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2018

Since you are ascending to the highest office in the land and as the proprietor of American Exceptionalism, please ignite us with what you truly believe, what are your guiding values.

From Time • Jan. 18, 2017

You are ascending toward the snowy peak whose alluring brightness has charmed the long way, since you saw it first.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various