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Whether the Mets defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5, the two franchises will have ascended this season from the sub-.500 depths together like twin phoenix.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

In about ten minutes from the time the rapping began, the mass of the bees with their queen will have ascended, and will hang clustered, just like a natural swarm.

From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)