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arrive

[uh-rahyv] / əˈraɪv /




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Most of the new missiles will arrive too late for any conflict in the next couple of years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It is to make enough room for women to decide what those kitchens — and the careers built inside them — should look like once they arrive.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The gift of Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to Atlanta was first heralded in April, but Xi has now announced they will arrive in just a few days as China's panda diplomacy resumes.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The only other reveal was that two Chinese pandas would soon arrive at a US zoo.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

If they made it off the island, I won’t find anything, and I can turn back when I reach the bridge, and wait with Abby for help to arrive.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Flooded roads or wildfires "delay a product that should be fresh, and by the time it arrives, it's no longer in good condition," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The play takes place 19 years after the final book and follows Harry's son Albus Severus as he arrives at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A two-part docuseries about Melania Trump arrives later this year, the first lady revealed Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Truthful feedback often arrives only after a child changes schools or sits for an external exam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Before Sara’s mom arrives, Mom calls me to the table and hands me a steaming cup of milky tea.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“I think it was pure luck that I arrived in the village at a similar time to the vans,” she told the BBC on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

We were told that 200 families had arrived in the previous 10 days.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

As he arrived at Joint Base Andrews near Washington after attending a golf tournament in Chicago, Trump joked about putting in a long day and having a late meal with Amodei.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Before Quenneville arrived, the Ducks stumbled through a franchise-record seven straight losing seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Not yet. He likely just arrived there in the last few days.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The two soldiers had transited through a third country before arriving in South Korea earlier this month, a lawmaker who visited the pair of POWs in Ukraine last year said recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Imagine arriving on Mars as part of the fourth human mission to the Red Planet and being asked to establish the first self-sustaining food supply for a permanent settlement.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ballots will begin arriving in the mailboxes of the state’s 23.2 million voters in days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He is arriving in the U.S. hours before his speech and is set to depart shortly after.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I hurry home in the long twilight, get cleaned up, and hurry out again to work, arriving just before my time.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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