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If there is something schematic about the arc, the characters within it, Clive as much as Leo, are completely human.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"To have seen the arc of this bill come to fruition has been a marathon," Tasneen said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Japanese company is investing about 900 million euros at its Slovakian operating unit to build an electric arc furnace and an air separation unit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Now it’s up to us to shape the arc of the next century.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

But his stomach lurched as the car swung in an arc, the metal grinding and the light spinning.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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

The findings improve scientists' understanding of gold-rich deposits associated with intra-oceanic island arcs such as the Kermadec Arc.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Before Alphy, past seasons featured arcs about its citizens and vicars confronting bigotry.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

And the Aurora was swaying above them in golden arcs and loops, and all around was the bitter arctic cold and the immense silence of the North.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

Bath were shocked as Ramm powered through a gap between defenders and arced away from the covering Bailey to score the home side's third try in fewer than 15 minutes.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025

Sparks flew as the cable lines arced and popped, generating the last bit of DWP-generated light I’d see before the power went out, rendering the city pitch-black aside from fires and flashing sirens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

Experts who watched videos showing downed power lines agreed wire that was insulated would not have arced and sparked, igniting a line of flame.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

They exited the building through the great Golden Door, which arced across the light-red face of the building like a gilt rainbow.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Government fire investigators said the fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes, was caused by electrical arcing on Edison’s out-of-service transmission line in Eaton Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

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 delivery to get Rahul was an arcing inswinger, the appeal turned down on the field, then overturned by the replay.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025

It’s really a stage, and arcing above it are massive metal plates that curl in different directions, like an exploded aluminum can.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth