distance
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Stopping out of concern, they realize this is no normal accident, seeing the eerie man in the distance who disappears in the flicker of their hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
His team has gone the distance in two seven-game series this postseason and now holds a 1-0 lead over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"We believe the financial consequence of yesterday's ruling makes it, by a very considerable distance, the largest penalty ever imposed on an English football club."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The minimum straight-line distance between those breeding grounds is about 14,200 kilometers, roughly equivalent to the distance from Sydney to London.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
I looked closer and could see that the little stools were the same distance apart—about eight inches.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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