descent upon
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And so it goes through the plot's clockwork convolutions, with the Act 2 descent upon Hertfordshire introducing Marisa Duchowny, her Cecily Cardew all girlish ruthlessness and precisely timed flutter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2014
As an invasion, the U.S. descent upon the Philippines was still a sensational success.
From Time Magazine Archive
But each would help, if Nimitz meant to go to the coast of China and thence to Korea, and use Korea as General Eisenhower used southern England for staging the descent upon Normandy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reporters and cameramen made a precipitant descent upon No. 6 E. 68th St., Manhattan�the home of Frank L. Polk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Canute immediately began preparations for a last descent upon the stubborn city; but before his dragons had actually left harbour, England had lost her king.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
