miles

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Rocket launches by SpaceX and others at Vandenberg Space Force Base, located some 160 miles up the California coast, are also a popular attraction.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The report noted that cooling towers can spread Legionella bacteria over a wide area, with people living within 0.6 miles from a tower at highest risk of infection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

And it seems important to have one judge say this about an out-of-control colleague who’s seizing cases from a thousand miles away.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The unfortunate reality is that mechanical failures are inevitable when U.S. trains collectively travel some 500 million miles a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

We had run a hundred and forty-eight miles from Anchorage.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell