mile
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The new space is about a mile away from the Irvine Spectrum Center and will include several upgrades such as increased meeting and dining capacity and a dedicated test kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"It was about half a mile down the path," he said, adding: "The last time it was about 300 or 400 metres."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Glancing back half a mile later, he saw a towering wall of brown water churning through the gorge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The first deliveries landed: Seafood was up 7%, fresh fruit was up 4.9% — everything that rides a refrigerated truck was up, because the cold chain burns the most diesel per mile.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
A piercing shriek exploded from the ground and filled the air so that it must have reached every ear within a mile.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Today, the company says about 75% of Americans live within 5 miles of a Dollar General.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Globally, caribou undertake the longest single land migrations of any animal - travelling 839 miles in a round trip, while grey wolves have been recorded travelling more than 4,350 miles over a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The UN Convention on Migratory Species identifies Africa's longest migrations as wildebeest moving seasonally between Tanzania and Kenya in search of grazing and water covering more than 400 miles.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Oxnard location is about five miles from the Camarillo warehouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
I don’t know yet what intervals are or why this training plan never makes you run the full 13.1 miles.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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