country mile

Example Sentences

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That takes Wilson’s record to 4-14 as the starting QB in the mile-high city, his worst 18-game stretch by a country mile.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

It’s selling the circumstances short by a country mile.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Last year, former Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick warned the government would miss its target by "a country mile".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

Earlier this year, a former housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, said the government would "miss their 300,000-homes-a-year manifesto pledge by a country mile".

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

It was about some woman who traveled through a barren country, mile after mile.

From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Emerson, Alice B.