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After Netflix greenlit a two-hour finale instead, Oseman elected to zero in on her protagonists — not unlike her comics — rather than give each character their own, heavily condensed arc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Carn said a dramatic escalation appears unlikely because the eruption is associated with a volcanic ridge near the intersection of a transform fault and a back arc spreading center.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

To qualify for an Emmy, a program must be an American production or co-production, and the first season of Shane and Ilya’s romantic arc is as Canadian as a rich poutine.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Her keen shading of dynamics served two purposes: It made potentially static music engaging, and it lent drama to a narrative arc shaped largely by biography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

For now it was enough to feel that baseball, still white and perfect, slide into your hand like it was coming home, to see the arc of it against the dark blue sky.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Often, our life arcs lead us from one solid self to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The task required the writers to rehearse for months to map out contingencies and shape character arcs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

To the south lie the Bureau of Land Management’s Imperial Sand Dunes, where dune buggies and motorcycles trace arcs across bare slopes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

There are song-like arcs but also an undisturbed flow of improvisation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Then, while I lean over the sink, my sister arcs the razor from the nape of my skull to the top of my forehead, again and again, one row at a time.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

Didion bridged the worlds of Hollywood, journalism and literature in a career that arced most brilliantly in the realms of social criticism and memoir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 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

A green flare shot into the sky and arced over the desert—the five-minute signal.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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 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’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