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For two days in September, hundreds of everyday investors descend on a conference center in cities like Miami, Las Vegas and Houston to attend training sessions, swap trading tips and swarm the open bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

A 22:30 curfew was implemented that night to get the fans into the stadium early, ensuring they would not "descend on the stadium" just before the fight began.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The roof is made of stairs that descend to ground level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“These deer have become beloved to many of the islanders, as well as the thousands of tourists who descend on Catalina Island every year,” she said Tuesday in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

‘Many a day when I be plowing or working,’ Grandpapa said slowly, ‘I done thought and reasoned about the time when Jesus going to descend again to this earth. ’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Every living animal ultimately descends from a common ancestor that existed more than 600 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

It simply descends as you travel west from Bordeaux along empty roads and through deserted villages.

From BBC ● 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

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

And a noise like a shrunken scream descends and ascends around us.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

Tracking data showed it rapidly descended from 37,000 feet to 9,000 feet.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Because these markings are passed down to daughter cells, researchers can examine the recorded sequences and identify which cells descended from a shared ancestor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

With a theatrical flourish, Vance descended from the steps of Air Force Two, the vice presidential jet, and received a rapturous reception as he entered the event in a flag-draped airport hangar.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Security cameras from several buildings in the area recorded the chopper as it descended quickly and struck a metal storage container.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I let out a low hiss as I descended into the thigh-deep water.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Min Aung Hlaing touched down at 0430 GMT at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, state media images showed, with the Myanmar leader descending the steps to a waiting car.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

After descending to the kindergarten’s basement shelter, the children split into rooms assigned to their groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Flight tracking data show the helicopter left Catalina’s Pebbly Beach heliport at about 7:46 p.m. and got about 175 feet above sea level about eight seconds into its flight before rapidly descending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

It gives Britain one of the biggest sporting occasions it can stage, with tens of thousands of supporters descending on the Principality Stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Charles, all smiles, made a grand entrance, slowly descending one of the spiral staircases.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein