distance
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It’s easier to see the good in other people and keep your distance if you don’t think they’re on the same wavelength.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
From Barra we went to a jetty of land on the island of Vatersay, where we invented a golf course, playing around cows to reach objects in the distance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
There is something mildly amusing about the distance between this real educational apparatus and the fictional boot camp, where the central problem is apparently that grown men need help identifying vegetables.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
For J0148-4214, the researchers measured a redshift of z=5.02, allowing them to determine its remarkable distance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
We stand aside and watch Dad as he mulls over what the correct distance should be between the salad fork and the dinner fork.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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
Trucks serving these places travel long distances and at times were mostly empty.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton had previously objected to the shortening of race distances.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
With each new generation, NASA's rovers have become more capable of traveling longer distances, navigating difficult terrain, and investigating locations that earlier vehicles could never have reached.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some of the inhabitants of these islands must have been skilled navigators who traded from island to island over long distances.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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That was highlighted amid the fallout over FFE, when Wenger, who has traditionally been loyal to Infantino, distanced himself from the aborted plot.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
With Cerimedo’s name now toxic, Paz, Milei and other former allies have distanced themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
But they distanced themselves from his political manoeuvres.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Davis has distanced himself from the memoir, saying he didn't write all of it and parts were fictionalised to sell more copies.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“To nurture the Earth and spread love to all those who live on it. I imagine she’d be disappointed in us, if she could see how we’ve distanced ourselves from humankind.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
“To the degree that Republican candidates are distancing themselves, they’re understanding that they’re actually appealing to newer electorates,” Peterson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Much like COVID-era social distancing rules, this will lower the risk of H5N1 transmission by keeping birds separate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Truly effective nuclear bluffing, however, includes occasional postures of irrationality, a distancing from the horrors of nuclear war.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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