As the numbers suggest, his comeback has not been a steady ascent.

And though there had been rumors from the moment of that death, they hadn't impeded Ramiro's steady ascent at all.

At his signal the tethers were cut, and the balloon began its steady ascent.

To go back meant retracing our steady ascent of the last 10 days.

From that moment his career began a steady ascent.

Twelve years later, at age 34, he was made a partner, a promotion that marked only the beginning of his steady ascent.

The steady ascent in some degree reassured him.

From our high camp there is a steady ascent up the valley to the base of the terminal moraine.

Single birthing began its steady ascent to 40% of live births when welfare became readily available.

Nevertheless, he followed the desert dwarf in their slow, steady ascent.