distant
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“All of these things that have happened both in the recent past, but also in distant history, contribute to people coming to their opposition to war.”
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Rosary Academy was a distant second in 3:41.33.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
"They had a very distant attitude," a spokesman for Portugal's GNR police force, Carlos Canatario, told Portuguese television station SIC, adding the pair appeared "detached".
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
After they left the water in the distant past, osteoderms may have helped animals adapt to terrestrial life.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Some of it spilled out onto the deck, filling the air with the pungent odor of distant lands, before the barrels were hurled overboard into the water.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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