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“We read to find better ways of being ourselves, and that arc really exemplifies it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Baseball is integral to Halpern’s own character arc and to “Get Lost” both on the page and behind the scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I do believe that in writing, there is a rhythm and melody within a sentence, just like there’s a narrative arc in a guitar solo.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Chasing a late shooting opportunity, Kerry held on to the ball before Sean O'Shea's do-or-die effort from outside the two-point arc dropped short.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It curved in a crescent-shaped arc, bringing Matthias back into the main cavern with its luminous lake.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The film is Marvel's last big-screen outing before Doomsday, the long-awaited culmination of multiple superhero story arcs after Avengers: Endgame.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Island arcs, chains of volcanoes that develop above subduction zones where one oceanic plate descends beneath another, are often unusually rich in gold.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Emotional arcs are readily discernible, and there are surprising shifts in tempo and density.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“It felt like all of these emotional arcs and themes in my life and poetic moments that had just happened were clicking into place.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Shay had started to ride properly, leaning with the slow arcs of the river’s bends.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Suddenly, the whale’s dark body arced above the surface before diving down to reveal its tail, or fluke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Wing Elliot Daly, having pondered a blindside dart off a rolling maul, arced round the back of England's backline.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
The title, pulled from the pastime’s rich glossary, refers to an arced throw of such deliberately underwhelming velocity that it confounds the batter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
This one arced over Chelsea’s wall and dropped crisply into the bottom corner beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga’s despairing dive.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
A green flare shot into the sky and arced over the desert—the five-minute signal.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
The ultra-fast missiles travel on a high arcing trajectory before crashing down into their target.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
A birthday party had just ended, and he was offered a piece of cake, chocolate with a jelly-bean rainbow arcing across the frosting.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
It soars upward and hangs there for four seconds, six seconds, eight—a black meteor arcing against the blue sky.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
The familiar approach, arcing towards the stumps, heels kicking up, limbs loose.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
The move activates his armguards—an enormous, glowing blue shield bursts outward from them in a circle, arcing protectively in front of us both.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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