mileage
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East Hollywood and Los Feliz were starting to build up mileage — he had completed about 18% of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The car failed an MOT carried out on 9 February 2023 with the warning system light on - indicating a fault with the seatbelt, air bag or both and the mileage recorded at about 98,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Freedom — you got to fight for it every single day, and you can’t be willing to give any mileage on that. Not even an inch,” she added.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Better fuel mileage, maybe, but is it going to save me $800 plus per month?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Carefully completing their work sheets; talking about the fortunes of local football teams; planning Las Vegas vacations; comparing the gas mileage of various makes of campers—they were not los pobres my mother had spoken about.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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At low mileages, some of them were snapping off, he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
When the ID-4 first climbed up Siskiyou Pass at the southern edge of Oregon, I got anxious as the strain of the uphill grind prompted the range forecaster to quickly reduce the forecast mileages.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
Using a 5% significance level, test the hypothesis that the three mean commuting mileages are the same.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013
I would drive up to 11 hours a day during my shift and turn in mileages of 550 to 640 miles a day.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
The particular sections of the Pacific Highway constructed during 1917 and 1918, together with their mileages and total costs are given below.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by S. Benson