descended
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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
But many of the offended parties found something more basic at work, the “accusation” that they were descended from monkeys—“Not even from American monkeys,” said the prosecution’s William Jennings Bryan, “but Old World monkeys.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Pillinger and his team believed it had descended too quickly after being caught out by Martian atmospheric conditions.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
French students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools across the country since late September to demand better conditions, in protests that have descended into sporadic clashes with security forces.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Suddenly, the last rays of sun disappeared from the horizon and darkness descended upon us like the shadow of malevolence.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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