long distance

Example Sentences

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He has trained his entire life to be the rarest athlete in the sport: a sprinter who doesn’t lose steam over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the spinal cord, however, nerve fibers can span long distances, so damage and inflammation can spread well beyond the original injury site.

From Science Daily

Then someone called out to him from a great, long distance.

From Literature

She added that young, male Atlantic walruses were most likely to roam and were capable of travelling very long distances.

From BBC

“And over long distances, it’s more like 20 times.”

From The Wall Street Journal