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About five miles separate Agoura and Westlake high schools, but there seemed to be a great deal more distance between them Friday night, as host Westlake throttled the Chargers 38-7 in a nonleague game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Johnston remains in striking distance, in fourth place entering Saturday’s round.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

But Parton refused to distance herself from Fonda just to appease her more conservative fans.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The death of country music icon Dolly Parton, who kept her distance from the political debates gripping America, offered a rare moment of unity to a divided nation on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Neither Nate or Zara will respond to my calls or texts, Jonah won’t talk to Mom, and the one person I want some distance from won’t leave me alone.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"Death Valley is an extraordinary place, but its heat, distances, and remoteness can be dangerous, regardless of experience."

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

“This is a heartbreaking reminder of how quickly conditions here can turn dangerous. Death Valley is an extraordinary place, but its heat, distances, and remoteness can be dangerous, regardless of experience.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Such safety considerations are particularly weighty for SUVs and trucks, which have longer stopping distances and can cause more damage during collisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

For the first time, the team was able to reliably estimate the relative numbers of small, faint stars and much larger, brighter stars in galaxies at such great distances.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

For all our map lessons with Miss Emily, we had no real idea at that point about distances and how easy or hard it was to visit a particular place.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

El-Sayed subsequently distanced himself, issuing a statement Monday calling anti-Semitism a "scourge."

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Soon after, Abehsera, Sazan Real Estate’s chairman, distanced his group from the controversy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The adaptation is set to be released in January 2027, but Adeyemi has already distanced herself from the project.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Shah distanced himself from the ads attacking Jackson and called for them to be taken off the air.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

And even then, I wanted you to be conscious, to understand that to be distanced, if only for a moment, from fear is not a passport out of the struggle.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Much like COVID-era social distancing rules, this will lower the risk of H5N1 transmission by keeping birds separate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Amy Xiang, who Sauntered last year, was a college freshman in 2020 and spent much of her undergraduate career socially distancing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Another passenger said the cruise staff had asked those on board to maintain social distancing, wear masks inside and sanitise hands frequently.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” somehow distancing itself from this history, has become one of the hottest tickets of the Broadway season.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

I began seeking ways of distancing myself from my father’s rituals.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane