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as a crow flies





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As the chase ends, Sutter gets in one last piece of religious symbology as a crow flies, and a meal of bread and wine appear on the side of the road.

From Time • Dec. 10, 2014

The start was perfect, and the machine swooped toward the distant tower straight as a crow flies and almost as fast.

From Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers by Doubleday, Russell

Jonathan traveled toward the east straight as a crow flies.

From The Last Trail by Grey, Zane

Set all the sails, and Green, do you steer as straight as a crow flies for the Channel of Balintang.

From The Shipwreck A Story for the Young by Spillman, Joseph

"Eighteen miles as a crow flies; longer by trail."

From The Last Trail by Grey, Zane




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