descended
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Last July, hundreds descended on Australia's Gippsland region from around the country for the most exciting event on the annual table tennis calendar.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The rescue teams from across the globe that descended upon this strip of coast are long gone, as is international attention to the plight of La Guaira.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Autopilot was disengaged, the pilots declared an emergency and descended immediately as passenger oxygen masks dropped, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Rumoured to be descended from Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, Zhu was born in the central city of Changsha in 1928 into a China riven by civil war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“What are you doing here?” a man barked in English from behind me as I descended the final set of stairs to the ground floor.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
