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arches

NOUN
curve, curved structure
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Travel writer Christopher Reynolds, a.k.a. the person in the newsroom that everyone goes to for trip advice, tells me, “With its clock tower, big arches and high ceilings, Union Station feels like a secular church.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Workers were seen assembling domed arches and a staging area, which based on online renderings, will form an octagon-shaped ring surrounded by a wire-mesh fence and thousands of temporary seats.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Even if the world ever lost its taste for its cuisine, and one store shuts down a day, there would still be a few golden arches around in the year 2160.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Upon entering the abode, guests are greeted with a large space with an open floor plan that is accentuated by the arches in the walls.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

They marched six blocks to Broad Street, turned left, and began to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, which arches high above the Alabama River.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman



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