miles

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The agency also noted a near doubling of patients mentioning throat pain within five miles of the fire June 21 — 1.9 times the baseline levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Many scientists believed Silverpit was created by a hypervelocity impact, the term used for collisions involving asteroids or comets traveling at several miles per second.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

On Jan. 26, 2024, the day Jontay Porter removed himself from a Toronto Raptors game with a fake injury so his conspirators would win bets, there was another game on the take 500 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

In drawing up its plans for tunnels, Shetland has taken inspiration from the neighbouring Atlantic archipelago 200 miles to the north west.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

It may as well have been ten thousand miles.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen