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descend

[dih-send] / dɪˈsɛnd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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The angle of the camera begins to descend and Moreno is heard asking “You can’t pull up?” before the video cuts out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The loss of power from all three engines caused the aircraft to descend into the sea," it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Indonesia was first to descend into chaos, as Sukarno and other parties fought over what sort of nation the huge archipelago would become.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Shanahan, McVay’s friend/mentor/nemesis, had bristled at the fact that the 49ers were chosen as the Rams’ opponent because it took away the ability of 49ers fans to descend onto SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Which meant that, three times a week, the sky of the Night Bazaar opened up to allow Urvashi to descend in a celestial blue lotus as big as the museum.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Each September, a who's who of executives from across Silicon Valley descends on San Francisco's Palace Hotel to charm investors at a conference hosted by the investment bank Goldman Sachs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Jack Tucker descends from the rafters inside L.A.’s Montalbán Theatre like a kamikaze crash landing into his big moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

As firefighters in southwest France struggle to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another heatwave descends on the country, Filippi told AFP about the phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

“The idea that he descends on Westminster like he is a conquering hero, it doesn’t have a logic,” said Philip Cowley, a politics professor at Queen Mary University of London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

It takes a long time, but a ruby-throated hummingbird finally descends and eats from the tip of my unmoving, sweetened index finger.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Now we are seeing sentiment get very bullish on USO once again, as the put-call ratio has descended to nearly the lowest point on the above chart.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

His characters let us feel the chill in Europe as the Iron Curtain descended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He was in his eighties when Isis descended on the ancient city.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

A five-tier funfetti cake had been airlifted in from Florida, and helicopters and seaplanes descended on the islands before guests settled into their oceanfront villas.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The note hung there for a while, and then descended, sliding down to a low rumble before swinging up a little higher and fading to silence.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

It gives Britain one of the biggest sporting occasions it can stage, with tens of thousands of supporters descending on the Principality Stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But it ended the same way, with a pack of USC defenders descending all at once, leaving Fresno State with nowhere to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"After descending through the opening using ropes and calling out to those inside, no response was received," the prime minister's office said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The stocks are listed in descending order of their current borrow cost.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

He presses Lobby thirtysomething times, even as the elevator is already descending.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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