as in advent
the act of coming upon a scene
spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl
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Wilfred Duncan, Pasadena’s first black firefighter, was among the new arrivals.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The halt of travel this week, which took refugee agencies by surprise, scuttled hopes of last-minute arrivals as fallout from Trump’s refugee shutdown began rippling across the country and the globe.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
In a 2006 study from the journal Physiology and Behavior researchers found dogs living in shelters had three times the level of the stress hormone cortisol in their system during the first three days after arrival than normal household dogs.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Cycle of Life is based in the Kuumba Imani Millennium Center, and William learned more about the multipurpose, multicultural building upon his arrival.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The halt of travel this week, which took refugee agencies by surprise, scuttled hopes of last-minute arrivals as fallout from Trump’s refugee shutdown began rippling across the country and the globe.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
In a 2006 study from the journal Physiology and Behavior researchers found dogs living in shelters had three times the level of the stress hormone cortisol in their system during the first three days after arrival than normal household dogs.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Cycle of Life is based in the Kuumba Imani Millennium Center, and William learned more about the multipurpose, multicultural building upon his arrival.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Arrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrival. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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