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The latest threat heightens the risk the neighboring countries could descend into all-out economic conflict and casts further doubt over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

What happens to a pretty seaside town when film crews descend upon it?

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Every koala alive today appears to descend from a single ancestral population that endured dramatic environmental shifts, including intense glacial periods.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

They’re expecting about 100 friends and family members to descend on their Rancho Cucamonga home, just as they did last year to watch the Brewers select Brady with the No. 32 overall pick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

A few seconds later, a dozen gigantic punching bags descend from the ceiling.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

It simply descends as you travel west from Bordeaux along empty roads and through deserted villages.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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

Instead, it descends from the brain into the chest, loops around a major artery, then travels back up to the voice box.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Later Yen taught us, ‘After life, the rational soul ascends the dragon; the sentient soul descends the dragon. So in the world there can be no ghosts. This thing must have been a Fox Spirit.’

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

"When members of the team descended using ropes and called out to those inside, there was no response," Prime Minister Balendra Shah said in an update on Sunday night.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

No career plan descended from the Botafumeiro when I arrived in Santiago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Last July, hundreds descended on Australia's Gippsland region from around the country for the most exciting event on the annual table tennis calendar.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

I descended, minding carefully where I went, for the stairs were dark, being only lit by loopholes in the heavy masonry.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"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

Bordeaux was bathed in sunshine on the afternoon of Saturday, 11 June, tens of thousands of Welsh supporters descending on the French city for their opening game against Slovakia.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The researchers originally suspected that water released from the descending plate might directly control how much gold entered the magma.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

A dissection is when a tear occurs in the aorta’s inner lining, either in the ascending aorta or the descending one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

But the cold was descending, too, so fast that she did not think she’d get another breath and was glad that Lena was holding her so close.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny