descent
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Amrik quit his job to devote more time to Rai's development on the course, with Dalvir - who is of Kenyan-Indian descent - working long hours to support things financially.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
For hundreds of years, readers have interpreted Satan's descent in the Divine Comedy as a spiritual fall from grace.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
However, because the artists were not of Mexican descent, Chicano music histories often overlook or underplay this era.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
We aren’t seeing the speed and pitch of the descent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The difference in the boys’ descent was clearly shown in the way each acted in face of a great danger which came to them before they were a year old.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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