arch
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On Saturday night, under the world-famous Wembley arch, five words rang out: "Punjabi Aa Gaye Wembley Oye!"
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
After a few minutes, there was a dive off the arch, followed by a cannonball from the next person, a backflip from a third and then other more spectacular and daring stunts from the flock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Excavation work on President Trump’s planned 250-foot-tall arch in Washington is expected to begin over the next two weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
They include the southern coastal city of Tyre, home to a Roman triumphal arch and a second-century hippodrome.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Each time we three carried the pen back to be dipped in ink, she ran a hand down the arch of her aching back.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Still, the thick pillars and huge arches remain fully visible at eye level, creating an otherworldly atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Los Angeles fire officials arrived shortly thereafter and saw the man atop one of the bridge’s arches, said Lindsey Lantz, public service officer with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Inside the monastery, AFP journalists saw cracked arches and partially collapsed stone walls, while the monks' living quarters remained intact.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
This detour is not a clever design, but a historical leftover from our fish-like ancestors when the nerve took a straightforward path around the gill arches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Lupita followed Salvador into the meadows that lay beneath the vast concrete arches.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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Metres away, other photographers yelled instructions to ornately dressed young women who held their fingers in victory signs and arched their backs for the camera.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Then the dusty elephant with those arched and dome-like toenails that is standing on my breastbone is lighter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The old factory at 120 Jefferson Northeast, a sand-colored brick building with its distinctive arched entryway, had gone out of business, and quickly.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Each piece in the Beverly Hills gallery, illuminated by an arched spotlight and flanked by a label chronicling its history, carried the aura of a Renaissance painting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Grandpa arched his eyebrows, and said, “Busy? What were you doing?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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A map of the routes with arrows arching across the country gave the operation its arachnid moniker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Early risers on California’s Central Coast and parts south may be treated to a brilliant streak of light arching across the sky Thursday morning, followed by a sonic boom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
The 15-second clip shows vehicles driving over an arching bridge lit up at night.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Rainmaker Hall is the central meeting space, created inside an old hangar that was once a sweatshop with high, arching beams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
Both shots were answered immediately by two arching, swooping hook shots by Sanders.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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