distance
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Cormac Izuchukwu's try got Ulster back within touching distance, but skipper Billy Vunipola and Alex Becognee gave the French side a 26-12 lead at the break.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Stopping out of concern, they realize this is no normal accident, seeing the eerie man in the distance who disappears in the flicker of their hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
They worried about the meaning of independence, tested the reach of equality, and measured the distance between founding ideals and present realities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The discovery marks the greatest confirmed distance ever recorded between sightings of individual humpback whales anywhere in the world.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
She stopped, keeping this distance from the living.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing distance
Word Generation Science - Measurement
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The Number System
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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