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arrow

[ar-oh] / ˈær oʊ /
NOUN
pointed weapon or symbol
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“When you’re in your 40s, it’s like you’re pointing an arrow at your head,” Abend said, as if daring those around you to speculate about whether you get work done.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The law also prohibits throwing a “stone, pellet, bullet, arrow or any other missile, in, over, across, along or upon any street or sidewalk or in any public park.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Excitement levels were raised further in the fourth leg when Littler had double 15 remaining for a second nine-darter, only for his arrow to land just the wrong side of the wire.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Using the newly developed control protocols, researchers can suppress the usual emergence of the arrow of time or even reverse its apparent direction, making quantum processes look as though they are unfolding backward.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

All the cracks had disappeared as if they’d never existed, while the hole from the crossbow’s arrow had been filled in with what looked like a small piece of blue stained glass.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"This research is achieved by team effort. There is an old Japanese saying: 'One arrow is easy to break, but three arrows bundled together are not,'" Mizuno said.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

What remains today of the banking business has coalesced around two banks that share the family’s five arrows motif.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Glory continued, “And so is this book. The arrows revealed themselves to you. That means you’re special, Danny.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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