distance
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She denies that getting close to the sharks and touching them causes harm: "Most of my work and what I share is respecting and observing from a distance," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Cunningham called Keaton’s behavior “truly embarrassing” while also attempting to distance herself from her previous anti-trans comments, stressing that trans women, trans men and everyone else are welcome “at her table.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
A poolside interlude channels the tension of distance between two people who were once close: The woman grasps a book but seems primarily absorbed in melancholy; the man broods around her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
At that enormous distance, our entire planet appeared in the images as only a single-pixel-sized point of light.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 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
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“For itineraries covering long distances between parks, charging infrastructure remains limited,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He said: "This is a brilliant example of a local catch staying local, reducing the need to transport fish long distances and showcasing the quality of the Cornish sardine."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
They also carry out an unusual process in which newly created nuclei from daughter cells travel considerable distances through the astrocytes toward the damaged region.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
How did he know she had not been wounded, for example, and unable to travel long distances?
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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
Rakhmon has also distanced himself from the country's Soviet past -- though without openly criticising key ally Russia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
I distanced myself from games in the village and sat behind houses, staring into the open space until my migraines temporarily subsided.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The package had arrived only minutes earlier, so it was pretty clear she wanted to scope out her new neighbors, and during a time of social distancing, this was the perfect excuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
It was eerie and distancing, like we’d fished an old movie of the nursery out of a vault and played it back without volume.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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