mile

Example Sentences

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Hours later, Duverne was arrested less than a mile away near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and North Wilton Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

From there, it’s about a mile to The Woods, and the walk gives you a nice stretch of Sunset and Santa Monica to take in along the way.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

That his mother did his laundry is something the series acknowledges; his “outpost” was only a mile and half from the family home and was built by Thoreau on property owned by Emerson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

But it was about half a mile from where the War Zone semi-officially ended.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

It was less than a mile, but it felt like five.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman