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Maurice Wrightson, 63, from Ashington, Northumberland, had been descending the precarious D211 road from French ski resort Alpe d’Huez with a coach full of British resort staff on 16 April 2013.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2017

A recent analysis by Australian defense scientists of burst frequency signals from Flight 370 to satellites indicated the aircraft had been descending fast, likely in an automated series of swooping dives called fugoids.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 12, 2016

She had been descending steadily, to the day, and on the day, when Mr. Bounderby issued the weekly invitation recorded above.

From Hard Times by Dickens, Charles

Showers of blessing had been descending upon us, and over a hundred and forty new members had but recently been received into the Church.

From By Canoe and Dog-Train by Young, Egerton Ryerson

I had been descending the hill pretty quickly, so that I could not now see into the cemetery.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm