as the crow flies
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That’s 28 miles as the crow flies, but our route, with a detour for lunch in Cuyama, swelled the journey to more than 100 miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was only when samples arrived at the biomedical research laboratory in the capital Kinshasa -- nearly 1,800 kilometres away as the crow flies -- that the Ebola outbreak was confirmed.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
We had a house at the top of Mount Washington where, on a clear day, I could see the downtown skyscrapers surrounding my office—five minutes, as the crow flies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Just 300 miles away, as the crow flies, Myung-hui had arrived in South Korea.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
I went as the crow flies, straight through the hills.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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