Example Sentences

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“We’re basically trying to guess what the next generation of variants will be, descending from which lineage,” Ho says.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2023

But it's not just nominees who will be descending on the South Bank.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023

With restrictions having eased in England last month, metalheads will be descending on the Derbsyhire village of Walton-on-Trent for the Bloodstock festival.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2021

"There's going to be a large number of people who will be descending on to the country," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2010