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  • noun Plural form of arc.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arc.

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  • Featuring the movie adaptation based on the screenplay by Sam and Ivan Raimi, and illustrated by John Bolton, as well as the first four story arcs from the ongoing series — Ashes to Ashes, Shop till You Drop (Dead), Ash vs. Re-Animator, Old School, and the shorts stories presented in Tales of the Army of Darkness!

    Dynamite Entertainment titles for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • With two connection points, there are four possible forms (one of which, with 0 left arcs and 0 right arcs, is empty):

    Wolfram Blog : Minimum Inventory, Maximum Diversity 2009

  • One of my favorite story arcs is from the Venom ongoing series (as opposed to all the mini-series) where Venom has been captured (removed from Eddie or Eddie is dead, I can't remember) and he is kept in an underground facility in northern Canada to help keep the symbiote on ice.

    Bring On Venom! Sony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-Off! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • We went out this afternoon, so I didn't do a lot of work today, just this block and a bit of preliminary cutting and organising for working on my mom's cat quilt (sawtooth calico cats - the backs are pieced in arcs of triangles, as are the tails - I'm thinking I might actually do those parts by hand while watching telly).

    Christmas star katelnorth 2007

  • We went out this afternoon, so I didn't do a lot of work today, just this block and a bit of preliminary cutting and organising for working on my mom's cat quilt (sawtooth calico cats - the backs are pieced in arcs of triangles, as are the tails - I'm thinking I might actually do those parts by hand while watching telly).

    Archive 2007-07-01 katelnorth 2007

  • The show has lots of long-term arcs – some run for two months, some will run for a year or two.

    Archive 2006-08-01 DAVID BISHOP 2006

  • Anna slowed her pursuit, trained the faltering light as far ahead as she could, sweeping it in short arcs, looking for any indication Jen's trail was interrupted or had doubled back.

    Firestorm Barr, Nevada 1996

  • Walan swung the j wheel back and forth in short arcs, whistling tonelessly through his teeth.

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

  • The quad turret swung back and forth in short arcs, the cannons rattling away in short, sharp bursts as hell exploded inches above Sikes's head.

    Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

  • The scarred man flicks his thumb and, shot from the arbalest of his nail, the coin arcs into the air, shining.

    beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

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