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[ahrk] / ɑrk /


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"To have seen the arc of this bill come to fruition has been a marathon," Tasneen said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The company expects to build plants at the site to process the ore for use in electric arc furnaces with scrap steel to make new steel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“If you’re looking at the arc — not as a Super Bowl but how the NFL wanted to come back to Los Angeles — you have Disney, a longstanding, old-school entertainment partner,” Demoff said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

You can hear the whole argument in the arc of his songs.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Annabelle stands at the window and watches the arc of headlights as her mom and her brother leave the Best Western parking lot.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

On Earth, similar processes occur beneath volcanic arcs and are associated with the formation of continents.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

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

Emotional arcs are readily discernible, and there are surprising shifts in tempo and density.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

He wanted to sit with them on curbstones and compare the sharpness of jackknives, the distance and arcs of spitting.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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

Didion bridged the worlds of Hollywood, journalism and literature in a career that arced most brilliantly in the realms of social criticism and memoir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

Experts who watched videos showing downed power lines agreed wire that was insulated would not have arced and sparked, igniting a line of flame.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

Fitzpatrick expertly arced in an early shot before his run led to Dylan Smith's dismissal for a clumsy challenge.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023

A green flare shot into the sky and arced over the desert—the five-minute signal.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Government fire investigators said the fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes, was caused by electrical arcing on Edison’s out-of-service transmission line in Eaton Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

“That was a far jump,” Fyrian said, staring openmouthed from the place where Luna had been just a moment ago and arcing over to where Luna now was.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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