descend
Example Sentences
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The final on 18 January in Rabat, which Senegal went on to win 1-0, descended into disarray when Senegal's players left the field after Morocco were awarded a stoppage-time penalty.
From BBC
Yes, another savage debutante season is upon us as matchmaking mayhem descends on Bridgerton once more.
From BBC
But nobody wants to see the largest Middle East nation by population - around 93 million - descend into chaos, sparking a humanitarian and refugee crisis.
From BBC
In one of the more unusual episodes, Bovino and his men descended on the city’s MacArthur Park on horseback.
In October, a resident of View Park-Windsor Hills, an unincorporated neighborhood in West Los Angeles, spied a man descending into a manhole and called police.
From Los Angeles Times
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