far afield

Example Sentences

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That may be a reason for U.S. investors who aren’t willing to go too far afield to stay in cash.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

We don’t have to reach far back, or far afield, for this one.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Fewer than 4% of Wolverhampton's nearly 50,000 licences were operating within the city that year, with the rest operating as far afield as Newcastle, Somerset, Cardiff and Skegness.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Then, in the span of 24 hours this weekend, three separate tragedies across three continents showed how horrific events can unfold anywhere, anytime, often far afield of Washington’s focus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

But her brothers, Elladan and Elrohir, were out upon errantry: for they rode often far afield with the Rangers of the North, forgetting never their mother’s torment in the dens of the orcs.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien