farther
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Back in the ring, as Francesco prepared his juggling act for another night of play, she stood farther back in the stands, being an ever-observant coach.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
By the time Powers’s U-2 was shot down, Johnson was already on to his next project, the even more successful SR-71 Blackbird—another high-altitude reconnaissance plane—that flew higher, faster and farther than the U-2.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
A study published in the Cell Press journal Neuron found that repeated exercise changes brain activity linked to the body's ability to run farther and faster over time.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Half-a-dozen soldiers were positioned a little farther behind, next to an abandoned petrol station.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Most of the other refugees we met were from Dresden, like us, though a few had come from farther east.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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