arresting
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Or they could simply be arresting abstractions in a sculpture that sits aesthetically between formal attraction and repulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“Beauties” is more arresting on a number of levels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Robert France, temporary deputy chief constable for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary, apologised for arresting Nowak in the moments before he died.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
In some ways, arresting these men was the easy part.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
But it was the expression on the man’s face that was most arresting.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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