descended
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In 1972, leaders of the United Farm Workers union descended on Arizona to battle legislation prohibiting agricultural workers in the state from striking or boycotting during harvest season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
PARIS—France was on alert for renewed violence Saturday as protesters prepared to take to the streets across the country, a week after demonstrations against the rising cost of living descended into widespread rioting and looting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
However, this is the first time researchers have been able to reconstruct such a clear transition between different thermal conditions as a rock descended from shallower to much greater depths.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
In recent weeks, more than 1.6 million visitors have descended upon a park in Busan to catch a glimpse of Bukangi, named after the canal in which she was spotted.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
My palm pattern, my powers, this akrafena—it all comes from the fact that I’m descended from Grandma, one of Asase’s blessed.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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