afar

Example Sentences

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In the Pacific, U.S. mobile missiles deployed to islands in places like the Philippines could strike enemy ships from afar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Still, she has been tracking the strike from afar, and speaking in brief bursts with sources inside the country.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

He’s a guy that controls power from afar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

And she said their support from afar in the war-torn country had inspired her.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Breakdancing was something I’d admired forever and always from afar; I’d watched b-girls perform in competitions and I thought they looked so cool—so strong, I wanted to be like them.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi