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descend

[dih-send] / dɪˈsɛnd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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As for Lakpa Sherpa, she first summited Everest in 2000, becoming the first Nepali woman to successfully reach the peak and descend the mountain.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Sweltering weather will descend on much of California over the next few days, possibly ushering in temperatures deeper into the triple digits earlier than ever for some areas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

New Yorker writer John McPhee, 95, calls these late-season ambitions “old-people projects,” open-ended activities designed to keep one busy until life’s closing curtain, whenever it might descend.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The world's biggest car show opens Friday in Beijing, with hundreds of thousands of auto fans expected to descend on the Chinese capital to size up the latest sleek, teched-out models on the market.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Which meant that, three times a week, the sky of the Night Bazaar opened up to allow Urvashi to descend in a celestial blue lotus as big as the museum.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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