distance
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Greece's conservative government on Wednesday sought to distance itself from the shock ouster of US ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, with a senior official insisting relations with Washington are unaffected.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The last time audiences saw Vision, the reconstructed synthezoid was flying off into the distance, and we didn’t know when we’d actually see him again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Many companies have yet to close that distance between executive vision and everyday practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
As a Catholic, Abbott has also managed to keep a discrete distance from the evangelicals who are the backbone of the Christian nationalist movement.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
He studies me, his eyes small slits, and I lean farther back on the chair’s arm, increasing the distance between us.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Using Starlink, Ukrainian drones are able to maintain stronger connections with operators over longer distances than conventional radio networks and are less vulnerable to jamming.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The bank said shorter shipping distances to European markets favor Brent, while crude from Brazil, West Africa and the U.S. has become less competitive because of higher freight costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"This suggests that they are detecting the particle motion associated with sound even at considerable distances from the source -- something we have not previously been able to demonstrate in free-swimming sharks."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Astronomers have known that active black holes release immense energy, but exactly how that energy travels across such enormous distances and changes along the way has remained unclear.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The observed pattern of behaviour of the planets is also linked, in the Copernican model, to their distances from the Sun relative to the distance of the Earth from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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That was highlighted amid the fallout over FFE, when Wenger, who has traditionally been loyal to Infantino, distanced himself from the aborted plot.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The company distanced itself from Carlson and called his characterizations unscientific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
With Cerimedo’s name now toxic, Paz, Milei and other former allies have distanced themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
El-Sayed subsequently distanced himself, issuing a statement Monday calling anti-Semitism a "scourge."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Moderate black leaders quickly distanced themselves from him, saying it was crucial the focus remain solely on civil rights.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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At the time of Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest, the King said the "law must take its course", and the Palace is now distancing itself from the former Duke of York's legal pushback.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Kim’s campaign pushed back on the notion that she is distancing herself from Trump, calling it “completely absurd.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Pet ownership spiked during the pandemic as social distancing and a loneliness that a Zoom call just couldn’t fix prompted people to get a pet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
Because she hardly ever spoke English to him, it sounded cold, distancing.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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