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If there is something schematic about the arc, the characters within it, Clive as much as Leo, are completely human.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The strategy confirmed electric arc furnaces as the future of British steelmaking, replacing traditional blast furnaces, which resulted in job losses at steelworks including Port Talbot.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

An arc of debris from the building, aflame against the blue sky, landed blocks away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Now it’s up to us to shape the arc of the next century.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

“The arc of her lips,” he adds elsewhere, “appears to be about to erupt into divine sarcasm, heavenly irony, angelic derision.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

On Earth, similar processes occur beneath volcanic arcs and are associated with the formation of continents.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

The sim wasn't yet up, but its rays arced over the horizon and brought light to the sky.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

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

Blackened marks and other signs of damage on the steel structure suggest that arcing occurred, sending electricity through the equipment that was supposed to have been unused, according to their lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025

With giant, arcing strides, the robot bounded across the meadow in the direction of her son.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown