1.   But the careers of these two men traced a similar arc through time.

2.   But there is little reason to think that the Mariners are not on a similar arc.

3.   He was born four years after Ms. Bauer, and his career followed a similar arc of interrogation and protest.

4.   Superficially, the lives of these women, who were friendly but not intimate, followed similar arcs.

5.   They followed a similar arc as others seeking more land and house for their dollar outside the city.

6.   This was all the more surprising in that the two were stylistically compatible and in fact had followed eerily similar arcs in their lives.

7.   Through the eyes of the performers, a dance career becomes a metaphor for life, reflecting a similar dramatic arc.

8.   Transgendered characters may follow a similar arc in film and television.

9.   Yiddish and Spanish-language movies followed a similar arc.