descent
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The writers have paralleled Homelander’s “slow descent into madness” with Butcher’s escalating anti-Supe crusade.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The crew will be rounded out by African American Andre Douglas and US astronaut of Salvadoran descent Frank Rubio.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
For hundreds of years, readers have interpreted Satan's descent in the Divine Comedy as a spiritual fall from grace.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Yates, 33, hit a barrier at high speed in a huge crash on a wet descent that involved about 30 riders.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The descent into the underground lair took longer than I thought it would, partly because the curving staircase was covered in invisible booby traps.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing descent
"The Ravine," Vocabulary from the short story
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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