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While study coauthor David Hendel was examining images of the ultra-diffuse galaxy UGC 9050-Dw1 for their publication, he noticed a faint, narrow arc that looked like a stellar stream.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Miles has a better shooting percentage than Clark from 2-point range, the 3-point arc and the free-throw line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

But that was us imposing our desired arc, which we all know doesn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The shadow cast when the Moon blots out the Sun will begin in Russia's remote Arctic north at around 1700 GMT and continue in an arc over Greenland and Iceland.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The Appalachian Trail runs for 230 miles in a northeasterly arc across the state, like the broad end of a slice of pie.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

No matter the strengths of AI, a chatbot cannot dream up stories with flawed characters and themes and arcs and failures and triumphs—with ambiguous finales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

Island arcs, chains of volcanoes that develop above subduction zones where one oceanic plate descends beneath another, are often unusually rich in gold.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 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

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

Robinson left-footed the ball to an unmarked Dest at the top of the box, a shot that was blocked in the wall, then arced toward the goal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

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

But at the last moment, I banked to the right, then arced back around.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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 familiar approach, arcing towards the stumps, heels kicking up, limbs loose.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

Blackened marks and other signs of damage on the steel structure suggest that arcing occurred, sending electricity through the equipment that was supposed to have been unused, according a new lawsuit filed this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

But after that kiss, as we leaned against the crates, a yellow jacket swooping and arcing over some spilled pop, Irene kissed me again.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth