country mile

Example Sentences

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Swinney told a news conference in Edinburgh that the SNP was by a "country mile" the leading party and would form the next government.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

"The play of the game by a country mile was Mack Hansen," said Farrell of some try-assisting brilliance by the Irish wing.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

That takes Wilson’s record to 4-14 as the starting QB in the mile-high city, his worst 18-game stretch by a country mile.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

It’s selling the circumstances short by a country mile.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

It was about some woman who traveled through a barren country, mile after mile.

From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Emerson, Alice B.