arrows
Britishnoun
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As Pierce sees it, a 10% cap is “one of the few arrows left in the quiver for the White House really struggling to address the affordability crisis.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
What’s worse, the arrows on most charts of U.S. economic activity are pointing down.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Across the gold-leaf ground, horsemen of the avant-garde charge into the indigo ocean, firing arrows in pursuit of the fleeing Taira clan boats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
The presence of the same plant poison on both ancient and more recent arrows suggests that this knowledge was passed down across countless generations.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
His nerves even began to unravel the way the arrows had.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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