mile
Example Sentences
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In Pavlohrad, about 40 miles from the front, we found families dazed after evacuating, abandoning everything, with no idea whether they'll ever go back.
From BBC
A number of cities, including New York, Chicago and Charlotte, offer nonstop flights to St. Martin, where you’ll find ample European glamour, miles of swimmable beaches and a deep bench of restaurants.
“There is simply no legal reason for keeping this mother 1800 miles away from her children.”
They lived hundreds of miles apart—the former in Venice, the latter in Florence and Rome—and inhabited vastly different aesthetic universes.
Or is it a sleek, modern home perched atop a mountain where the nearest grocery store is miles and miles away?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.