descended
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A thick orange smog has descended on the Indonesian city of Palangka Raya.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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
Because these markings are passed down to daughter cells, researchers can examine the recorded sequences and identify which cells descended from a shared ancestor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Security cameras from several buildings in the area recorded the chopper as it descended quickly and struck a metal storage container.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
And then, in the distance, the figure in silhouette has descended the ladder and is packing up his toolbox.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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