arch
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Hollyer also shared photos of the couple and friends posing in front of a flower arch and at dinner, seemingly moments after the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Outside Lands is so much more than a festival,” the officiant said as the couple faced each other under a partially enclosed floral arch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The authority said a section would also remain in Whitby, where it will be displayed at Whitby Museum alongside bones from the original arch.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Arabi estimated that 30 to 40 percent of the site has been damaged, pointing to the collapse of the western arch and its columns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was a kind of arch, a colossal curvy-shaped thing that reached high up into the sky and came down again at both ends.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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Los Angeles fire officials arrived shortly thereafter and saw the man atop one of the bridge’s arches, said Lindsey Lantz, public service officer with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Inside the monastery, AFP journalists saw cracked arches and partially collapsed stone walls, while the monks' living quarters remained intact.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
This detour is not a clever design, but a historical leftover from our fish-like ancestors when the nerve took a straightforward path around the gill arches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Construction has started, with workers assembling domed arches over a staging area which will become the octagon.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Deb dramatically arches her neck to peer over Kiki’s shoulder.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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Metres away, other photographers yelled instructions to ornately dressed young women who held their fingers in victory signs and arched their backs for the camera.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The old factory at 120 Jefferson Northeast, a sand-colored brick building with its distinctive arched entryway, had gone out of business, and quickly.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Neoclassical busts are cast in sand, marble and bronze and carved through with winding stairs, arched doors and regal columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
From the outside, the 1922 Normandy-style house Poer shares with his husband, Beau Quillian, looks traditional and calm, with steep-pitched roofs and arched windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
He arched a brow at me before he hung the next shirt.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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A map of the routes with arrows arching across the country gave the operation its arachnid moniker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Tuesday’s home run, hit on an arching line to the left-center-field bullpen, served as a long-awaited first example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Rainmaker Hall is the central meeting space, created inside an old hangar that was once a sweatshop with high, arching beams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
The museum, a low-slung 450,000-square-foot building, is flanked by a river and a meadow; its arching roofed is planted with grasses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
For long hours each morning and evening, he lay on his small bed, swinging his arms and legs, arching his back, and stretching to keep his body from stiffening.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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