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Las Vegas and El Centro, Calif., were within striking distance of their daily records, and both Great Falls and Helena, Mont., surpassed their daily records in preliminary measurements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

“I could see a wall of fire in the distance, a wall of solid orange, covered by gray clouds. There were water planes and helicopters flying above the flames.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Your appetite has been sharpened by sun, distance and swimming, and what you unwrap tastes less like something that survived the journey than something that has been quietly getting ready for you.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

"It's like quicksand," he shouted in surprise to his family watching from a distance.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

When they saw that automobile coming in the distance, they didn’t know what it was.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Fortescue faces longer haul distances, likely increasing absolute diesel consumption, says MS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The specialist said the species' blue translucent sail allows them to drift huge distances across the surface of the sea.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

As it gets hotter bee foraging activity may increase, and they may cover greater distances.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

On a trip to Cambridge, Maryland, Bond got off the boat and was greeted by around 2,500 Black parents who had traveled great distances to get his ear.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Oh, I can always tell distances and weights and that sort of thing,” said Kate with a shrug.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

According to Der Spiegel, Ballout told the Berlin court this spring that he had distanced himself from extremist ideology and violence.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In the late 1980s – and certainly today, much more so – urban living distanced millions of people from their close connection to nature . . . and their parents.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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

His first book, “Fresh Off the Boat,” became the longest-running network sitcom centered on an Asian American family, even as Huang publicly distanced himself from the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

After my laborious conquest, I've distanced myself a little from the situation, but you mustn’t think my love has cooled.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

If anything, this trajectory of former colonies distancing themselves from their onetime imperial masters is familiar to those of other empires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Panicking or publicly distancing themselves from the administration would create another problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Who are we to tell soldiers, who know their job and the dangers... what they're allowed to do?" he asked, distancing himself from what he called "ideologues" who take the opposing view.

From Barron's ● May 28, 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

Each time he had given those unsettling warnings, he had been airing out his own trauma, distancing himself from it by reducing it to a cautionary tale.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros