distant
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"Now more than ever it is imperative to avoid any escalation of a conflict that has already exacted a devastating toll on civilians and that risks making the search for peace even more distant."
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Although the new theory cannot be directly tested in distant cosmic environments, earlier laboratory experiments appear to support the findings.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
A Delhi-based senior journalist who never had a membership told the BBC the club always felt "distant".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
But with water costs rising and climate change jeopardizing these distant sources, there is growing interest in finding ways to get more water locally.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Had it not been for the ever more distant thunder of Russian guns we might almost have been able to forget that there was a war going on at all.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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