distance
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Albert Einstein famously called entanglement "spooky action at a distance," and scientists have previously observed the effect in systems involving photons, electrons and trapped ions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Pantoja, for his part, knows he’s facing a champion who’s already had the chance to prove he can go the distance for five rounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
On this occasion, he tried to wallop the spin of Tharindu Rathnayake over long-on and was stumped by a distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
In a 1998 concert review for The New York Times, writer Ann Powers opened with: “Don’t hate Duncan Sheik because he’s beautiful. He is trying very hard to distance himself from that fact.”
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
In the distance, thick clouds, their undersides an angry shade of dark, are swallowing up the blue sky, and the breeze carries the humid scent of the coming rain.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Alvarez said many students are “working adults, parents, caregivers, and first-generation students who are rooted in their communities and cannot relocate or commute long distances to earn a degree.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Auto lovers have pushed for years to lessen emissions regulations for collector cars, arguing that these vintage vehicles are only driven short distances to parades and meet-ups where they deserve to be seen and cherished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Prof Andy Jones, in endurance performance at the University of Exeter, said there were three potential physiological explanations as to why women could perform better over long distances or durations.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
As material falls toward the black hole, tremendous amounts of energy can be released, making quasars visible across immense distances.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Horses permitted people possessing them to cover far greater distances than was possible on foot, to attack by surprise, and to flee before a superior defending force could be gathered.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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With Cerimedo’s name now toxic, Paz, Milei and other former allies have distanced themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 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
Davis has since distanced himself from the memoir, saying he didn't write all of it and that parts were fictionalised to sell more copies.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Soon after, Abehsera, Sazan Real Estate’s chairman, distanced his group from the controversy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
I was afraid that I might look ungrateful to my uncle, who didn’t have to take me in, if I distanced myself from the family unit.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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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
The package had arrived only minutes earlier, so it was pretty clear she wanted to scope out her new neighbors, and during a time of social distancing, this was the perfect excuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
If anything, this trajectory of former colonies distancing themselves from their onetime imperial masters is familiar to those of other empires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Diem had no intention of distancing himself from his brother.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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