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The discovery raises new questions about how heat is distributed inside Earth and how tectonic plates behave as they descend.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

“There are many arcane rules if the evening is not to descend into chaos,” the owner, Haukur Magnússon, announced loudly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Dangerously hot conditions” are expected to descend Friday, when an extreme heat watch goes into effect for the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The loss of power from all three engines caused the aircraft to descend into the sea," it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Taran, nevertheless, had learned a great deal of woodcraft and tracking during his journey, and he was aware the companions had begun turning westward to descend the hills.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Folger appears on the steps above the stage in “pastor’s wife” garb, blowing kisses to the “congregants” as she descends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Every living animal ultimately descends from a common ancestor that existed more than 600 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

It simply descends as you travel west from Bordeaux along empty roads and through deserted villages.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

As firefighters in southwest France struggle to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another heatwave descends on the country, Filippi told AFP about the phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

As the damp night descends, I consider how I disobeyed and deceived my father.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

"The debates have once again descended to a fifth-grade level, which is absurd," dentist Lizie Moreira told AFP in Rio.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

However, this is the first time researchers have been able to reconstruct such a clear transition between different thermal conditions as a rock descended from shallower to much greater depths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

All housecats, Mr. Phillips tells us, are descended from the Middle Eastern wildcat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tracking data showed it rapidly descended from 37,000 feet to 9,000 feet.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Along one edge, a set of cement stairs descended into the water.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Hundreds of thousands of high school and university students have rallied in France, Italy, Spain and other European countries in recent weeks, with some protests descending into violence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Flight tracking data show the helicopter left Catalina’s Pebbly Beach heliport at about 7:46 p.m. and got about 175 feet above sea level about eight seconds into its flight before rapidly descending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Below is a list of every club to whom Manchester City paid transfer fees between summer 2009 and winter 2018, in descending order from the most money to the least.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The KMT, in its statement to The Wall Street Journal, said Cheng’s attendance at the memorial was meant “to remember history, cherish peace, and prevent cross-strait relations from ever descending into war again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The modern llama arose similarly, by descending from a giant ancestral beast.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee