at a distance
Example Sentences
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During a naval exercise in 2025, the Revolutionary Guard demonstrated a system using a Fajr-5 rocket to deploy a sea mine at a distance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Coherence is also closely tied to quantum entanglement, the phenomenon that prompted Albert Einstein to describe it as "spooky action at a distance."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Hong often seemed to keep Son, the first Asian player to win the English Premier League's golden boot, at a distance, frustrating the striker's fans.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I can read, I can write, and I can see very well at a distance," he repeats, as if trying to convince himself.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Then Constantin and the Russian girl interpreter and the whole bunch of black and white and yellow men arguing down there behind their labeled microphones seemed to move off at a distance.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
