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[ar-oh] / ˈær oʊ /
NOUN
pointed weapon or symbol
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At Angie Fadel’s Mindful Archery workshops in Los Angeles, women and nonbinary attendees use bow and arrow instruction, somatic breathwork and nature therapy to release stress and find inner strength.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

Like that arrow on a dashboard, a line of paint on the road wasn’t always there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

The Los Alamos team's quantum "demon" uses information about a quantum system's state and measurement results to produce similarly unusual behavior, effectively reversing the system's natural arrow of time.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

Give a girl a bow and arrow, take her to the woods, and anything feels possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The computer had a screen, buttons with letters on them, and the finger pad that let me move the arrow thing.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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