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In ordinary situations, physicists ignore the time-reversed component by choosing a single arrow of time.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Arteta is the red arrow - the force of nature who has steered and shaped the team into one of the most impressive in European football.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Normally, I love the arrow of a Willie Nelson lyric, which is: What’s the simplest way I can say the most complicated thing?

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

But it’s not just the film itself that feels off, with its allegory’s dull arrow landing in a field thousands of acres away from the target.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

At any moment, I expected an Egyptian plague, an arrow of Shiva, or a raging djinn, but none came.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri