descend
Example Sentences
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They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
"As I look back up the mountain, as I helped this guy descend, Hillary Dawa didn't appear to have moved, and certainly wasn't descending, because we would have seen his head torch."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Thrall described how on May 30 he had begun to descend from Camp Four -- at around 7,950m -- and just below the low-oxygen "death zone".
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
With one more whistle, Autumn and Ama would be spotted, and everything would descend into chaos.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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