mile

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A mile or so from the pads where Artemis II will light up the sky, Brenda Mulberry, owner of Space Shirts, has been selling Nasa T-shirts and souvenirs for 40 years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

From there, it’s about a mile to The Woods, and the walk gives you a nice stretch of Sunset and Santa Monica to take in along the way.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The two aircraft were within less than half a mile of each other horizontally at the time of the near miss and about 500 feet apart vertically, according to data from Flightradar24.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

That his mother did his laundry is something the series acknowledges; his “outpost” was only a mile and half from the family home and was built by Thoreau on property owned by Emerson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The ship wallowed, and the ocean was a mile deep.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck