miles
Example Sentences
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Wind gusts of as much as 55 miles an hour were expected, with the potential to cause flight cancellations, downed trees and power outages, forecasters warned.
When Stolz was just 11 years old in Wisconsin, he badgered his then-coach, Jeff Brand, into letting him tag along in an “ice marathon” workout—100 laps and 40,000 meters, or just shy of 25 miles.
An hour’s drive from Los Angeles are deserts, canyons and the thousand square miles of the Angeles National Forest.
From Los Angeles Times
In December, state regulators ordered Edison to identify fire risks on its 355 miles of out-of service transmission lines located in areas of high fire risk and tell regulators how executives planned to use the lines in the future.
From Los Angeles Times
But some of it travels hundreds, if not thousands of miles.
From Los Angeles Times
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