mile

Example Sentences

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The car in your driveway is far less likely to kill you than its 1975 counterpart—traffic fatalities per mile driven have fallen by roughly 62%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Theresa Foley, of Sheffield, is prohibited from contacting him or his team, going within a mile of a venue where he is performing and posting about him online.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Route 66 promises what America has always promised: that the next town, the next state, the next mile might be the one where things get better.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The Fed reached the last mile and “got stuck,” said Carola Binder, a professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

“Ingrid! Did you hear?” she asked, loud enough for me to catch her question while the phone was still a mile away.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows