distance
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“We deliver from the tip of Puerto Rico to the tip of Alaska for 78 cents. That’s a distance of 5,000 miles.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
For generations, the Hadzabe, also known as the Hadza, have kept their distance from modern agriculture, guns, missionaries, poachers and encroaching pastoralists.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Nearly everybody said that Hearts could not go the distance, but they're still there, still believing.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Yaamava’ Resort & Casino, run by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, sits in Highland, about 200 miles from Primm but less than half that distance from downtown L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
I shaded my eyes and looked across the valley to see the cliffs in the distance and the tree that sheltered Patrick’s Well.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Word Generation Science - Measurement
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