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ark

[ahrk] / ɑrk /


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Above the Torah ark in Ms. Wisse’s synagogue, an admonition is written in Hebrew: “Know before whom you stand.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Let me explain, and at the risk of coming across like a guy building an ark in the desert, offer options for adding dividends at a time of relative scarcity.

From Barron's Nov. 21, 2025

"The work we are doing, and zoos around Europe are doing, is really to be that lifeboat, to be that ark population."

From BBC Aug. 25, 2025

And no one even had to build an ark.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2025

Coloring books and glittery pens and erasers shaped like Noah’s ark.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

I understand the argument that zoos are now arks, safe places where endangered animals and genetic material are preserved in a world where thousands of species are hurtling toward extinction.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2025

There’s nothing wrong with Indiana Jones’ “discovery” of lost arks or hidden tombs, or the five billion other pyramids-and-papyrus-scroll tales sold in books, films and television.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2022

The restoration is addressing the woodwork, gilding, Torah arks and bimahs, or altars.

From New York Times May 4, 2022

Umbrellas, if not arks, are needed in the Pacific Northwest, while in the Rockies snow shovels are gathering cobwebs.

From Seattle Times Dec. 4, 2021

"Old Rosey ought to set us to buildin' arks," grumbled Shorty.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John




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