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You can hear the whole argument in the arc of his songs.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Now it’s up to us to shape the arc of the next century.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
While study coauthor David Hendel was examining images of the ultra-diffuse galaxy UGC 9050-Dw1 for their publication, he noticed a faint, narrow arc that looked like a stellar stream.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
JB made no attempt to stop him because he was spinning around, following the arc of the Elucidator.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
"Our research shows that hydrous mantle melting beneath island arcs is a key driver of gold enrichment," says Timm.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Before Alphy, past seasons featured arcs about its citizens and vicars confronting bigotry.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
Felicia’s hair springs from her head like electric wires, and she swings her arms in great arcs, as if her chaos had a rhythm.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
The title, pulled from the pastime’s rich glossary, refers to an arced throw of such deliberately underwhelming velocity that it confounds the batter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
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
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
Aaron took a jump shot and the ball arced gracefully into the hoop.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
The investigators’ report said the fire ignited when electrical arcing on the idle line caused hot metal particles to fall into “the receptive fuel beds consisting of dry vegetation” below the tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
He dove even lower, arcing behind the ships and squinting through his gun sight.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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