ark
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The clergy specifically placed the handles of the tall ark at the bottom, so that even preschoolers would be able to open it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Let me explain, and at the risk of coming across like a guy building an ark in the desert, offer options for adding dividends at a time of relative scarcity.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
And no one even had to build an ark.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025
‘If a flood’s coming, will you let me know, Ted? So I can build my ark on time?’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
I understand the argument that zoos are now arks, safe places where endangered animals and genetic material are preserved in a world where thousands of species are hurtling toward extinction.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025
Fragments from these genetically distinct coral types would be placed in land tanks in Sarasota and West Palm Beach that serve as modern-day arks for the vulnerable sea creatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
The restoration is addressing the woodwork, gilding, Torah arks and bimahs, or altars.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
Umbrellas, if not arks, are needed in the Pacific Northwest, while in the Rockies snow shovels are gathering cobwebs.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
"They have 'em in arks," said the Admiral, very earnestly.
From The Admiral's Caravan by Reginald Bathurst Birch
