descended

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Executives from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and other big banks descended on Miami Beach, Fla., this week, where 15,000 people gathered for one of the crypto industry’s biggest conferences.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

The tourists descended the hill after receiving the green light from the police.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

On his mother's side, he was descended from Lt Gen Sir Edward Barnes, a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo; on his father's, from the 19th-Century Bengali reformer Brahmananda Keshub Chandra Sen.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The sky darkened as the flock of birds descended.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown