mile

Example Sentences

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Hours later, Duverne was arrested less than a mile away near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and North Wilton Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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

Sir Roger Bannister became the first person to break the four-minute barrier for the mile in Oxford in 1954, bringing the world record back into British hands after Sydney Wooderson's mark was surpassed in 1942.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

But it was about half a mile from where the War Zone semi-officially ended.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The ship that she’s talking about is a vessel that her project discovered more than a mile below the surface in the Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler