as a crow flies

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As the chase ends, Sutter gets in one last piece of religious symbology as a crow flies, and a meal of bread and wine appear on the side of the road.

From Time • Dec. 10, 2014

Set all the sails, and Green, do you steer as straight as a crow flies for the Channel of Balintang.

From The Shipwreck A Story for the Young by Spillman, Joseph

"Nigh to Lord Mohun's house at Boconnoc: seven mile away to the south, and seven mile or so from Bodmin, as a crow flies."

From The Splendid Spur by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Straight as a crow flies, Newt Spooner was making his way across crest and cove and gulch to the house of the man he had "marked down."

From The Code of the Mountains by Buck, Charles Neville

The start was perfect, and the machine swooped toward the distant tower straight as a crow flies and almost as fast.

From Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers by Doubleday, Russell