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He was, however, one of those cultural figures who begin at a peak of recognition and spend a professional lifetime unable to reascend the heights.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2010

Before setting out, he had detached with Father Hennepin, one of his companions named Dacan, on a mission to reascend the Mississippi beyond the river of the Illinois, and if possible, to its source.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora

We heard the Dean reascend the kitchen steps, and make a statement of which the words "drink" and "Dora" alone reached us.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)

He commanded Moses to reascend the mount for a second tablet, after he had destroyed the first.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Did he arise, and at last reascend, and take his place, “so to speak,” in the Godhead?

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman