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distance

[dis-tuhns] / ˈdɪs təns /




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Everything he’d been pointing towards in the distance was now here, culminating all at once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It is understood that the Sussexes' private security team had raised concerns about the distance and heavy traffic on the route to the school.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Pattinson portrays Hansen as a caricature of himself, accentuating the journalist’s unmistakable vocal cadence to remove any distance between “To Catch a Predator” and the man behind the show.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Law enforcement policed criminal activity; agencies with national-security duties kept their distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I took another step, then another, trying to look around the corner, deeply feeling the distance from the dogs, the aloneness.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

His competitor, George Westinghouse, was developing AC, which could transmit electricity economically over much greater distances than Edison’s low-voltage DC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Basically, the gravitational force gets stronger, faster, as you go to shorter distances," Giddings said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Flying these distances is only worth doing if our customers arrive feeling their best.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Alvarez said many students are “working adults, parents, caregivers, and first-generation students who are rooted in their communities and cannot relocate or commute long distances to earn a degree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Lizzie also grew up on the reservation in Kansas, where she helped to provide for her family, harvesting corn and hauling wood over distances.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

With Cerimedo’s name now toxic, Paz, Milei and other former allies have distanced themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

But they distanced themselves from his political manoeuvres.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

She is reluctant to reflect too much on that time, having distanced herself from thoughts of her homeland for more than a decade, but it is clear that childhood brought "challenges", many, many challenges.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

He surveyed them for injury with a distanced curiosity.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

“To the degree that Republican candidates are distancing themselves, they’re understanding that they’re actually appealing to newer electorates,” Peterson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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

McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

He looked out the window as if distancing himself from what he’d just said.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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