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A 22:30 curfew was implemented that night to get the fans into the stadium early, ensuring they would not "descend on the stadium" just before the fight began.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Now, while the town's year-round residents number fewer than 1,000, that number swells up to 80,000 each September as revellers descend upon Lisdoonvarna from around the world.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The sword of Damocles didn’t descend, but its glint lit every meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“These deer have become beloved to many of the islanders, as well as the thousands of tourists who descend on Catalina Island every year,” she said Tuesday in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Piercing screeches hurt my ears as the giant bats descend from the rafters, fangs bared.

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

A creature descends to Earth from a sleek spacecraft, still humanoid but far removed from its ancestor species Homo sapiens sapiens.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

In summer, the area is frequently affected by the Washoe Zephyr, a gusty afternoon wind that descends from the Sierra Nevada mountains in the west, blowing across the high desert basin around Reno.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

She descends the stairs and admires the statue I've created.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Footfall also takes a hit, he said, noting that a stormy season has once again descended and fearful customers are canceling their reservations.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

So the ability to simply buy a jar descended from it feels like an almost comically specific luxury: somebody else has already done the sticky part.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The only two things out of the ordinary are the faint shadows under her eyes, and the unusual quiet that has descended over her lunch table.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

In late August, on a trip to Kyrgyzstan for a regional summit, a widely shared clip showed him descending an airplane’s stairs slowly and stiffly, gripping the hand of his wife, Peng Liyuan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

There was a grass-grown track descending the forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë