distance
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Stopping out of concern, they realize this is no normal accident, seeing the eerie man in the distance who disappears in the flicker of their hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The latest independent polling shows Bass leading four challengers, with Pratt and Nithya Raman, a city council member, within striking distance of each other for second place.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The discovery marks the greatest confirmed distance ever recorded between sightings of individual humpback whales anywhere in the world.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Nearly a quarter of a century later, in 2025, it was spotted in Hervey Bay -- a distance of 15,100 km.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
I’d stand still and listen to the echo of my voice die away in the distance.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Word Generation Science - Measurement
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