miles

Example Sentences

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In each of the past five years, on average, only 200 miles of new transmission and distribution lines have been erected.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Mr. Brown describes the Alvin of Mr. Ryan’s youth as “a little place with mostly fields of green and dirt” that “seemed a thousand miles from anywhere of consequence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

These violent events can launch them through space at hundreds of miles per second.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

They claimed to be located miles away from the cities they portray in their videos and described themselves as operating out of a European country where "a sense of insecurity has become more noticeable".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"I have followed Bright Dawn for two miles," he said as he went by.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell