descended
Example Sentences
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No career plan descended from the Botafumeiro when I arrived in Santiago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
Their goal was to distinguish cells descended from the original population of microglia that had been present since birth from cells descended from blood stem cells in the bone marrow later in life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 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
As they descended lower, she could soon see the tops of the city crested over with spring ivy and little oval windows bursting with flower boxes.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
