descend upon
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Together, Schmitt and Law helped turn the event into an international phenomenon, where thousands of revelers descend upon urban neighborhoods in the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Through fingerlike projections that descend upon the uterine wall, it attempts to quench the embryo’s appetite for maternal blood.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024
Now, as an estimated 50,000 people descend upon Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, Illinois Governor J.B.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024
Hundreds of people are expected to descend upon the small island for the Games.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024
Whatever he did, Ranofer feared he might overdo it; then the gods alone knew what trouble would descend upon them both.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
