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During the ceremony on Tuesday, judge Meinir Wyn Edwards said there was "no plan or narrative arc in this novel" and that the "clumsy, flawed expression makes the whole thing almost impossible to read".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Baseball is integral to Halpern’s own character arc and to “Get Lost” both on the page and behind the scenes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The results indicate that the mantle beneath the Kermadec island arc melts in the presence of water and at relatively high temperatures, above the sulfide liquidus.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

I do believe that in writing, there is a rhythm and melody within a sentence, just like there’s a narrative arc in a guitar solo.”

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

In the night games, beneath the arc of lights, in his last year of Little League, Ben’s new spikes gleamed like teeth as he walked toward Dave Murphy.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The film is Marvel's last big-screen outing before Doomsday, the long-awaited culmination of multiple superhero story arcs after Avengers: Endgame.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The findings improve scientists' understanding of gold-rich deposits associated with intra-oceanic island arcs such as the Kermadec Arc.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Often, our life arcs lead us from one solid self to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Scenes animated in hand-drawn style are designed to bring Bonnie’s imagination to life, recreating the vivid magic of designing entire stories and character arcs for toys during playtime.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

She had tweezed her once bushy eyebrows into the currently fashionable, pencil-thin arcs that gave her a slightly surprised expression even in her sleep.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Suddenly, the whale’s dark body arced above the surface before diving down to reveal its tail, or fluke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

But as the sound of his melancholy horn arced through a sweltering Pasadena afternoon, one couldn’t help but be grateful to still have him here playing, even after losing everything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

Wing Elliot Daly, having pondered a blindside dart off a rolling maul, arced round the back of England's backline.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

This one arced over Chelsea’s wall and dropped crisply into the bottom corner beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga’s despairing dive.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

They arced up from the shallows, over a rocky cove, and landed on the shore.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

The ultra-fast missiles travel on a high arcing trajectory before crashing down into their target.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

A birthday party had just ended, and he was offered a piece of cake, chocolate with a jelly-bean rainbow arcing across the frosting.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

The delivery to get Rahul was an arcing inswinger, the appeal turned down on the field, then overturned by the replay.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025

It soars upward and hangs there for four seconds, six seconds, eight—a black meteor arcing against the blue sky.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

"Give her some space," I say, arcing my arm in front of her as a shield while we make our way to the church steps.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon