farther
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As the match progressed, some spectators formed their own makeshift games farther down the beach as the midday sun tracked west through the afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
According to the traditional explanation, that influence becomes progressively weaker as it moves farther from the original atom.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
With every step farther into “the pile,” what rescue workers came to call the smoldering mass of debris, a coating of white powder got thicker and deeper—like snow that wasn’t snow, my father recalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach could see a high of 96 to 98 degrees, and communities farther inland and into the valleys could expect temperatures to reach more than 105.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
And the farther up The Mountain we went, the colder it got.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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