descent upon
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And so it goes through the plot's clockwork convolutions, with the Act 2 descent upon Hertfordshire introducing Marisa Duchowny, her Cecily Cardew all girlish ruthlessness and precisely timed flutter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2014
The police descent upon the Woods estate followed two possibly significant breaks in the case, which has spurred one of the greatest manhunts in California's history.
From Time Magazine Archive
As an invasion, the U.S. descent upon the Philippines was still a sensational success.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reporters and cameramen made a precipitant descent upon No. 6 E. 68th St., Manhattan�the home of Frank L. Polk.
From Time Magazine Archive
This only increased the merriment, and they continued the contest in this new element by floundering, kicking, and splashing about, like a brood of ducks in their first descent upon a pool.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
