descended

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Executives from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and other big banks descended on Miami Beach, Fla., this week, where 15,000 people gathered for one of the crypto industry’s biggest conferences.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

King Charles and Queen Camilla descended the stairs of the aircraft as they began their four-day visit.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

But before Johnson could arrive, protesters descended on the venue denouncing the governor, who had already arrived, as “corrupt.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Luckily, I’d glimpsed a space between two of them before darkness descended, and I groped my way to it while Yao seemed to fall into instant slumber.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo