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As you might imagine, Kalamazoo is a bit afield from typical book-tour routes, so when writers come through, readers take note.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Those that venture further afield as shale matures could benefit most.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
New Zealand scrambled P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft and naval assets to monitor the maneuvers, which demonstrated China’s increasing ability to deploy forces farther afield.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The average age of Pitino’s Red Storm is nearly 21, including former pros who have plied their trade as far afield as Spain and Hungary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
But her brothers, Elladan and Elrohir, were out upon errantry: for they rode often far afield with the Rangers of the North, forgetting never their mother’s torment in the dens of the orcs.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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