distance around

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She seemed to hold no mistrust toward me and my halting Spanish, no shard of suspicion that I could use to create the usual distance around myself.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

Pi is a special number that describes the connection between the distance around a circle and the distance across it.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 14, 2024

During the winter, thousands of Dutch skaters head to higher, colder climes to take part in an 'alternative Elfstedentocht', racing the full distance around a lake in Austria.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

“The star itself might have a very unusual history that somehow permitted this planet to survive at such a close distance around what is otherwise a rather inhospitable host star,” he added.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

We walked a good distance around the lake’s edge, she and I, then started back.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt