descending

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Allen was instead taken down by agents shortly after rushing past them and before descending stairs and entering a ballroom where Trump and other top administration officials were seated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

He was taken to hospital in Miami and has since returned home, sharing in a post on X: "The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Who down there, waiting in the out-the-door Sweetgreen line or descending into the subway, has glimpsed the void in the way I have?

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

To start the week Oracle broke above a bearish descending triangle, and we know from false moves come fast ones in the opposite direction.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

I imagined Nancy descending a long iron staircase into the netherworld, and a man who waited for her at the bottom.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver