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Free cash flow, which exceeded $12 billion in the first quarter, dwindled to less than $784 million, although it didn’t descend into negative territory as analysts had forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

During daylight hours, the larvae descend more than 200 meters into a deep region of the lake with very little oxygen.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

They’re expecting about 100 friends and family members to descend on their Rancho Cucamonga home, just as they did last year to watch the Brewers select Brady with the No. 32 overall pick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Vloklinec doesn't have adequate access roads, parking areas or public toilets needed to cater for the crowds that descend on it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Once again, a new batch is mixed up with trough water and set out moments before the rubes descend.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Island arcs, chains of volcanoes that develop above subduction zones where one oceanic plate descends beneath another, are often unusually rich in gold.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

As firefighters in southwest France struggle to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another heatwave descends on the country, Filippi told AFP about the phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

"For the work that I can do, I can engage with people in serious debate, detailed debate, respectful debate, without being on a platform that constantly descends to racism and misogyny."

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The visitor descends a long gentle incline, passing a wall of polished black granite that records the names of the 58,000 American soldiers who died in that war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Then the mist descends, thick as a blanket.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

This hominin descended from a lineage dating back about 1.8 million years and appears to have interbred with Denisovans in Eurasia, probably more than 200,000 years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Instead, in Maugham’s estimation, he was “this laborious, honest, matter-of-fact man” who painted—when at his best—“as though the grace of God had descended upon him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I had descended into the strange subterranean structures of aging, almost as a way to avoid the contemporary world … ,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The future of the imperial household -- mythically descended from the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu -- depends currently on Prince Hisahito, the 19-year-old nephew of Emperor Naruhito, 66.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

A sudden silence had descended on the stable yard.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

A dissection is when a tear occurs in the aorta’s inner lining, either in the ascending aorta or the descending one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Their theory was that the descending column of water acted somewhat like a syringe, pushing air through the shaft as it fell.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

Hundreds of humanitarian responders from at least 16 countries were descending on the quake-stricken nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

There is now talk of thousands descending on the Miami Marlins game next week in south Florida.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

High ceilings, a grand winding staircase descending into the foyer, hand-carved everything, each room themed and with a distinct character.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers