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mile

[mahyl] / maɪl /
NOUN
5, 280 feet/1.609 kilometers measured
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For a group of young actors, filming a new BBC drama thousands of miles away in Malaysia was the adventure of a lifetime.

From BBC

Two weeks after Nancy Guthrie's disappearance investigators revealed they had found several gloves, with the closest discovered about two miles from her home.

From BBC

To get from her birthplace to the mountains north of Santa Clarita, she traveled more than 370 miles and walked the length of the Sierra Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times

Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.

From The Wall Street Journal

About two miles from the Guthrie home, investigators discovered a glove on the ground, then several others farther from the home, the sheriff’s department announced Friday.

From Los Angeles Times