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Off the field, the pair have transcended the world of NFL and moved into the news and entertainment sphere - and not just because of Travis' high-profile relationship with Swift.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

While other cultural artifacts have slipped into the past, 007 and the Fab Four have transcended one generation after another, still finding new adherents six decades removed from their originating moments.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2023

“There are probably two athletes that have transcended their sport and transcended sport overall in our lifetime,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said Thursday night after Pelé’s death at age 82.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Bijan Khalili, a longtime Iranian American activist who was imprisoned following the 1979 revolution, said he is impressed by the way the ongoing protests have transcended divisions within the Iranian community and its diaspora.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

An adequate discussion of these subjects would have transcended the limits set for this volume by several hundred pages.

From History of the Constitutions of Iowa by Shambaugh, Benjamin F.