as the crow flies
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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
"We said that a gold mine in Erzincan, which is on an active fault line and 300m away from the Euphrates River as the crow flies, is very dangerous," Mr Torun said.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
On a clear day from the 4,200-foot summit, you can see San Francisco to the north, as well as the entrance to Yosemite Valley, 120 miles east, as the crow flies.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
The other societies illustrate the important point that distance as the crow flies is not an appropriate measure of isolation for humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
