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descend
verb as in move down, lower
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verb as in condescend
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García Harfuch descends from a line of prominent government officials, their careers reflecting, in part, Mexico’s past under a repressive, authoritarian government.
He stood next to the president as he gave his now famous "we are still here" speech as the Russians descended on Kyiv at the start of their full-scale invasion in February 2022.
He had enough time to turn off electrical appliances before he descended the stairs from their fourth-floor apartment to safety.
But Badenoch dismissed claims she had descended to "playground abuse" with her comments.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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