distance
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Maybe some people would commute a decent distance so as to not be responsible for cooking a meal.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Even at a distance - about a quarter of a mile away - the acrid smell torments my nostrils.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
I remember pulling through the pages of the book going, “This is me, I understand the cruelty others are showing him, I understand his need for both distance and warmth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
On the title track, she plays her guitar with heavy tremolo as Mr. Benjamin’s simple piano line trails off into the distance, lending the song one of the darker moods on the album.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
She stopped, keeping this distance from the living.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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