distant
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It waxed and waned as the attacks grew more distant.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
On Thursday, the astrophysicist who studies distant planets and writes about alien life will be installed as Caltech’s 10th president.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
But not all horror milestones spring from the distant past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
In this case, a correction of just eight kilometers helped transform an ancient eclipse record into a more precise source of information about Earth's rotation and a potential window into the Sun's distant past.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
On the eastern horizon, just above the distant blackness of the High Mountains, he found it: the starry shoulder of the Great Auroch.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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