metre

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"The neighbours live five metres from us – their door was blown off and their house was full of dust like snow."

From BBC

Despite an injunction being granted later that year, union members continued obstructing waste vehicles on roads about 500 metres to 1km away from the depots, the judgement continued.

From BBC

The town also has around a dozen emergency shelters, concrete rectangular boxes measuring three by six metres, close to certain public places.

From Barron's

Greenland's ice sheet alone would add around seven metres, and mountain glaciers about 41 centimetres.

From Barron's

Videos circulating on social media showed flames several metres high bursting out from the windows, and black smoke rising into the sky.

From Barron's