distance
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They couldn't understand why their mum wanted to maintain a distance from them.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
In recent weeks, elected officials, candidates and party-aligned commentators have competed to distance themselves from him.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
The cultivated landscape extends into the distance, where tiny steeples and other buildings offer signs of city life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
And, if you are wondering about whether you are within striking distance, then you are too close, said Greg Pauly, curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
A short time later I saw in the distance the light from a headlamp bobbing along.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Vocabulary lists containing distance
Word Generation Science - Measurement
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