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Indonesia experiences frequent earthquakes due to its location in the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

But that was us imposing our desired arc, which we all know doesn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

At its peak, only an arc of the Sun was visible in Scotland.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“We read to find better ways of being ourselves, and that arc really exemplifies it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

In their jackets of bristling skins they seemed wild beasts rather than men, as they spread in a wide arc across the slope.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

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

Scenes animated in hand-drawn style are designed to bring Bonnie’s imagination to life, recreating the vivid magic of designing entire stories and character arcs for toys during playtime.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Emotional arcs are readily discernible, and there are surprising shifts in tempo and density.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Now the blunt snout of our Gemini was tracing graceful arcs in the sky, sometimes in front of our direction of travel, sometimes to one side or the other, sometimes behind.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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

Wing Elliot Daly, having pondered a blindside dart off a rolling maul, arced round the back of England's backline.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed, either soon after liftoff or while ditching into the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

This one arced over Chelsea’s wall and dropped crisply into the bottom corner beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga’s despairing dive.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

Salzburg looked up in surprise as the bomb arced through the air and his hands reached up automatically to catch the object zooming at his head.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

It soars upward and hangs there for four seconds, six seconds, eight—a black meteor arcing against the blue sky.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

That caused a short-circuit and "arcing" - electric sparks like those in a spark plug - which resulted in a "catastrophic failure".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

It appears only for a second before it’s gone again—a streak of white, like lightning arcing across the ocean floor.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston