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Before you go further afield, though, go back to Acme itself.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Eager for insights similar to those she had found in the lifeguarding manual, Ms. Eubanks searched for courses on rescue and survival, around Troy and farther afield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The contest attracted bands from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Oman and France, with Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany also represented.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
On top of that, there is this potential energy in the atmosphere which meant that, locally, the convection column sucked up the embers and carried the fire further afield.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Three of his young men were afield, pasturing herds in other woods; one he had sent with a fat boar for tribute into town, the boy to serve while the suitors got their fill.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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