distant

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He sends warships to distant waters—the intended object of the message shrugs.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Parsons said liminal spaces all share a quality of feeling familiar: hearkening fragments of distant memories or experiences during childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"Octopuses are among the most evolutionarily distant animals from humans, as our last common ancestor was a worm that lived 350 to 500 million years ago," says Kieseler.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Marissa Roy was on her way to a runoff that would exclude the incumbent city attorney, Hydee Feldstein Soto, who was a distant third in the early returns.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Each day, Father Monaghan finds some modicum of peace in nature: the singing of morning birds, the distant crowing of roosters, the sun shining through mango trees.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly