distance
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While I’m hesitant to claim that Schoenbrun’s primary strength is as a novelist rather than a filmmaker, “Public Access Afterworld” goes some distance toward making that case.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Radial perturbations are disturbances that change with distance from a central point.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the distance was a bronze statue of Louis XIV on a rearing horse in the majestic Place des Victoires, its stone pedestal stained by protesters’ splashes of red paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
It was walking distance from the subway and had a lovely if nonfunctional fireplace, and when the baby bunnies nested in our herb garden, I thought, Yes.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
She was deadweight, and the sooner I could distance myself from her, the better.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Just as critical is not walking long distances while wearing your heavy ski boots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Both measures can lower costs by shortening shipping distances and reducing packaging, making it even harder to determine how much of the savings comes from newer AI systems.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Without the ball, we need to maintain the right distances between players and stay compact, which is especially important when playing with such a high defensive line."
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
When the cells were subsequently examined using the chip, those that had adapted to the viscous environment traveled faster and covered greater distances than untreated control cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
By using the compasses set with this separation to step off distances marked on paper, he could estimate the angular separation of the two objects on the sky at that time.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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The company distanced itself from Carlson and called his characterizations unscientific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
With Cerimedo’s name now toxic, Paz, Milei and other former allies have distanced themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
El-Sayed subsequently distanced himself, issuing a statement Monday calling anti-Semitism a "scourge."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The PGA Tour also distanced itself from Good Good Golf, announcing the company would no longer serve as title sponsor of an upcoming tournament.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
And even then, I wanted you to be conscious, to understand that to be distanced, if only for a moment, from fear is not a passport out of the struggle.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Tens of thousands of people defied social distancing rules to bid farewell to him as he lay in state at the presidential palace.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Move-ins virtually halted and social distancing restrictions left residents isolated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
At the time of Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest, the King said the "law must take its course", and the Palace is now distancing itself from the former Duke of York's legal pushback.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In early 2023, another push began to revive the series while also distancing itself from Cosby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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
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