descent
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“The Helicoide epitomizes the bid for a really rapid urban modernization,” said Lisa Blackmore, co-editor of a book on the Helicoide titled “Downward Spiral: El Helicoide’s Descent from Mall to Prison.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Mikael was responsible for Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Soma - two games that regularly appear on "scariest ever" lists.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
The idea for the forum was conceived at the start of the International Decade of People of African Descent, which began in 2014 and ends in 2024.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023
In The Descent of Man, he wrote that he had heard about captive monkeys that, despite their fear of snakes, kept lifting the lid of a box containing the reptiles to peek inside.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023
Descent into the depths until at last there was no further chasm below.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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