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Around the same time, humans in the region also adopted bow and arrow technology.

From Science Daily • May 11, 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

The two men strolled around the grounds of the castle, taking in the pointless folly of the battlements and arrow slits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Sookie had released the harpoon into the water like an arrow that sailed far beyond the outermost circle of a target.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen