mile
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More than 1,300 fans attended the game at Gayfield Park, which is just a mile from where the schoolgirl was found.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Saved capital will fund upgrades including store remodels, expanded final mile deliveries handled in-house and self-service pet-washes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
But the farmer, who lives at Alderthwaite Farm, just over a mile from Parkside Cottage, did remember.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The city closed down more than a mile of downtown Santa Monica during the World Cup final for a block party that attracted 20,000 people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They had to pass two lines of French and American soldiers nearly a mile long and then back again.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Later that day, around 3:30 p.m., surveillance footage captured the 44-year-old woman inside Harrah’s Resort Southern California in the community of Valley Center, about 35 miles east of Oceanside, according to the Oceanside Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 1871, one massive flock in Wisconsin nested more than 850 square miles — almost twice the size of the city of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Six minutes later, at 08:44, it crashed 30 miles southeast of the airport, near the town of Bishoftu.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
They are usually non-refundable, with limitations on checked-luggage allowances and the opportunities to collect miles.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The sun was bright, everything was moving well, and the dogs had settled into the rhythm that could take them a hundred or a thousand miles.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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