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mile

[mahyl] / maɪl /
NOUN
5, 280 feet/1.609 kilometers measured
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A mile away, outside Drumcree Church, the 35 Orangemen who were hoping to march went back inside.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The plane crashed into a ridgeline about a mile southwest of the end of the runway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Thanks to long-term government contracts, it is now boom time across the roughly 1 square mile of factories, warehouses and offices that occupy a part of Tucson’s main airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Half a mile down Pearl Street is Frasca Food and Wine, which has had a Michelin star since 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“That hair! Jarvis and his men will spot you a mile away —they’ll want to know what we talked about.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The upside-down life ensures peak performance at 200 miles an hour during the race, which takes place Sunday night, and zero adjustment when they return to Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The property is also situated just a few miles from his studios, which span 330 acres.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

About 20 miles south, in Cedartown, her husband Noah decided to come back to his hometown to help right the ship.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Beneath the town of Ames, Oklahoma, lies a meteor impact structure that stretches for miles underground.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The violent conflict in Cuba created substantial economic and political instability, which captured the attention of the American government because Cuba was only ninety miles from the coast of Florida.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly



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