miles

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According to Rojas, his wife and kids were in Caracas, which is approximately six miles south of where the quakes struck.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Many scientists believed Silverpit was created by a hypervelocity impact, the term used for collisions involving asteroids or comets traveling at several miles per second.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

The Federal Highway Act was designed to create 41,000 miles of highway, making it the largest U.S. public works program at the time, and authorized $33 billion of road building over 13 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

In drawing up its plans for tunnels, Shetland has taken inspiration from the neighbouring Atlantic archipelago 200 miles to the north west.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

We weren’t two miles from home, but the crick was somewhere else.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck