distance
Example Sentences
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The 28-year-old, now a three-time world champion, made his move on the final lap and would not be denied as he distanced his rivals before crossing the line in seven minutes 35.56 seconds.
From BBC
“If Jensen wants to make his name completely clean, he wants to distance himself and distance the company from Super Micro,” said Mark Newman, an analyst with Bernstein who covers Super Micro.
It said that lockdown might have been avoided if voluntary steps such as social distancing and isolation had been brought in earlier than 16 March 2020.
From BBC
A massive billboard on display in northern Tehran shows Khamenei in his clerical robes standing in trenches, pointing at missiles being fired in the distance and surrounded by officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
And while authorities have not introduced any social distancing measures - like those which were mandated across the country during the Covid pandemic - some people are taking precautions anyway, out of an abundance of caution.
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