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Free cash flow, which exceeded $12 billion in the first quarter, dwindled to less than $784 million, although it didn’t descend into negative territory as analysts had forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

Rescuers first had to descend via a rubble-strewn parking lot ramp and navigate a flight of stairs, ever-aware of the danger of a new collapse of the tottering structure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

Vloklinec doesn't have adequate access roads, parking areas or public toilets needed to cater for the crowds that descend on it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Nearly fifty thousand young people from around the world are expected to descend on the city for four days of rallies and a scientific symposium,” Monty said, seamlessly taking over the briefing.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

But now, as the entire soccer world descends on the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

A door on the side opens, and a staircase descends from the aircraft.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Instead, in Maugham’s estimation, he was “this laborious, honest, matter-of-fact man” who painted—when at his best—“as though the grace of God had descended upon him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Their results indicate that most of Shimao's inhabitants descended from local people who had lived in the region about 1,000 years earlier.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Domenico Pianese, the Secretary-General of the police union, criticised Lepore's decision to call for a demonstration that later descended into chaos.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The city is sensitive to such perceived threats after thousands of visitors, including teens and adults, descended upon Newport Beach on Saturday in what police described as a takeover event on the Fourth of July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

And as a small Negro girl and her mother descended the grand staircase and entered the kitchen, the house finally, finally understood the change in the air.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Some of the biggest Arabic artists in the world are descending on the UK on Saturday - for a "first of its kind" music festival.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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

Now, with a heat wave descending over much of Southern California, residents worry the odor could get even worse and scores of residents have called air quality regulators to complain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

On and on they all went, one right after the other, all five descending in the same direction.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall