distance
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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
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
Denmark's environmental protection agency will also conduct a post mortem examination on the whale, which was released in the North Sea some distance from Anholt.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The minimum straight-line distance between those breeding grounds is about 14,200 kilometers, roughly equivalent to the distance from Sydney to London.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Watchfully, Wolf walked beside them, relaxing a little when they reached a Den a good distance from the Fast Wet: a proper Den, not a small, airless one.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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