distant
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But as he turns to the story of his father’s past, Mr. Murakami’s distant, delicate perspective begins to feel less like a literary device and more like emotional reticence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
However, a major question remained unanswered: How could expanding ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere, initially driven by natural variations in Earth's orbit, cause the distant Southern Ocean to absorb more CO2?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
On that distant, sunny summer afternoon, Mr. Hobbes had already been dead for nearly a century.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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