Their job-along with thirty other Starfuries positioned along an arc stretching nearly half a light-year-was to protect a large supply convoy of HypoLight spaceships going from Melia to Proteus.

The congregation were shuffling backwards, forming themselves into a great arc stretching from the side enclosure to the raised dais of the golden altarpiece.

These languages are spoken in a wide arc stretching from northeast Asia through Central Asia to Anatolia and eastern Europe (Turks, Kalmyks).

The army now acknowledges that small insurgent units almost encircle the capital, operating in a 270-degree arc stretching from the north to the east.

It forms an arc stretching from Corona in the west to Perris in the east, centered on the county seat of Riverside.

From anywhere else on the planet, they could be seen as a spectacular arc stretching across half the celestial hemisphere.

Dogondoutchi also is the common western border of the Nigerien Hausa population, who form a majority of the population in an arc stretching from this area towards the east all the way to Zinder.

Hill describes the music as following an arc stretching from the beginning of the Introduction to the conclusion of the final dance.

These languages were spoken in an arc stretching across from Iberia in the west to the Balkans and Asia Minor in the east.

An urban and industrial corridor formed a broad arc stretching from Harbin in the northeast through the Beijing area and south to China's largest city, the industrial metropolitan complex of Shanghai.