distance

Example Sentences

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On a cold grey morning at a border crossing an hour's drive from Gaziantep the hills of Syria are visible, a short distance away.

From BBC

Bombers, which fly long distances, could use Guam, but fighter operations would be much harder to sustain, even with aerial refueling.

From The Wall Street Journal

He cited the distance and difficulties scheduling a video-telephone conference with their client.

From Los Angeles Times

Those jobs attracted a new kind of refugee, as immigrants arrived from across Europe, building a German Catholic church only a short distance from the Polish, Croatian, Irish and Belgian Catholic churches.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adult Osedax typically live on whale bones, while their larvae travel long distances through ocean currents to colonize new whale falls, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away.

From Science Daily