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arch

[ahrch] / ɑrtʃ /


NOUN
curve, curved structure
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The arch is believed to have fallen when the park was temporarily closed during Tropical Storm Nolo last weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hathaway is arch and expressive, doing subtle things with her eyes and voice that no one else can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Commuters on the parkway the arch will overlook?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The White House ballroom was recast as a security project; now the arch has been too.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Once we’re out, I follow her across the lot to a long walkway, and I see the words Peachtree Hills Place carved in an arch over semi-fancy double doors.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

Architect Peter Morris spent about a decade developing the homes, which feature sweeping arches and duck-egg blue metalwork.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

By upgrading marriage registries with chandeliers, flower arches and poetry, local Chinese officials are glamorizing city hall weddings in hopes of encouraging young couples to marry and boost the nation’s declining birthrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Plans for a Potomac crossing date to before the Civil War, and various monumental arches were proposed in Washington during the late 19th century.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Wallace Neff favored setting arches within arches, as seen in this view looking from the entry to the dining room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

There was a grass-grown track descending the forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Steps lead down into the spacious living area, where some of the apartment’s most striking prewar features take center stage, including regal archways, a stately fireplace, and a row of arched leaded-glass windows.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

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

Neoclassical busts are cast in sand, marble and bronze and carved through with winding stairs, arched doors and regal columns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

The breeze lifted, and he smelled the cloves of prayer incense emanating from its arched windows and parapets.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

Tuesday’s home run, hit on an arching line to the left-center-field bullpen, served as a long-awaited first example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

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

When the light from the arching overhead windows shifts, Tara can see who Mr. A. H— is arguing with.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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