descend on
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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
They’d descend on his garden, where he’d set up feeders full of “nectar”—filtered water mixed with cane sugar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Soon the world’s media, true-crime junkies and more would descend on her courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Branch-cracking winds and thunder that shook the bowl of the sky would descend on the island, along with torrents of life-giving rain.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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