distant
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Counterpoint Press, which keeps nearly all the Port William books in print, put out a selection of short stories in 2005 called “That Distant Land,” which serves as a fine starting point.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Distant from the judging eyes of people they know and with every thinkable comfort at their fingertips, each drops their guard, just like the other guests.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025
Distant memories of a bygone era were etched over a County Tyrone man's face as a well-known dance hall was reduced to rubble.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024
I started flying down to Atlanta once a month, staying at a Marriott Residence Inn up the street from Distant Replays.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023
Distant sources of food are somehow sensed, and long lines, like tentacles, reach out over the ground, up over walls, behind boulders, to fetch it in.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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