distance
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“Wildberries continues to ensure access to millions of goods within walking distance of your home,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Grandmother Sara Folger sits in the kitchen of her single-wide trailer, the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance, and remembers the Bozeman, Montana she fell in love with decades ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“It’s something that might be very subtle, and maybe most viewers won’t even notice it, but for me it feels like we’ve closed the distance between the characters.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Although that distance is enormous by human standards, it is a remarkably fine level of detail inside a galaxy that spans hundreds of thousands of light-years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
At the stone wall I searched out the sea in the distance.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Cars are the main mode of transport in most regions of the world's largest country, where distances to cover are huge.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The horizontal layering allows some seismic waves to travel long distances, while the vertical intrusions appear to disrupt and weaken others.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
"These two things make finding quasars at these distances incredibly difficult," said lead author Daming Yang, a doctoral student in Hennawi's group at Leiden University.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
At Cagliari, Palestra attempted 73 dribbles over distances of more than 5m - the most by any defender in Serie A - with only Juventus winger Kenan Yildiz recording more in the competition.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Such are the distances, in fact, that it isn’t possible, in any practical terms, to draw the solar system to scale.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Shah distanced himself from the ads attacking Jackson and called for them to be taken off the air.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Nine - one of Australia's two major commercial broadcasters - would not confirm his departure to the BBC, but on Wednesday distanced itself from its star's recent work.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday distanced himself from an alleged plot to sabotage investigations into his entourage and Socialist party that has intensified pressure on a government already beset by legal woes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
I went during the height of the pandemic, when my boatmates were masked and socially distanced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Some do that,” she says, her tone almost affable now, though distanced; it’s as if we’re considering a choice of nail polish.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Nearby, work by Kim’s students from the 1950s demonstrates later distancing from Japanese models through more expressive brushwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
On the eve of the election, Sanchez sought to reassure undecided voters and jittery markets, distancing himself from past calls for radical change.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” somehow distancing itself from this history, has become one of the hottest tickets of the Broadway season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
For now, Tehran is distancing itself from talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
And the more he heard about the school district distancing themselves from what had happened, the more certain he was that nothing would ever be fixed.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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