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a long distance
the recluse lived in a small cabin miles away from his closest neighbor
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Recent Examples of miles
In 2020, stargazers flocked to dark sky locations to view the cosmic traveler Neowise, a visible comet then 64 million miles from Earth, with a dusty tail extending more than a million miles.
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of miles away from Patriots headquarters, a franchise legend who knows Jacas well gave his stamp of approval.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Having British athletes in there does help, especially as the first 5km (just over three miles) is slightly downhill and a bit quicker.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The turns are engineered to allow drivers to maintain 200 miles per hour without losing traction.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Gooseberry Falls State Park is around 40 miles northeast of Duluth, Minnesota, and around 194 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Khare had to balance training with a full production schedule, often logging miles in cities like Vienna, Austria, and Paris, France, while traveling for work.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
There was no phone signal, no passing cars, no house lights for at least thirty miles.
—Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Apollo 13's unplanned lunar loop sent it 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) from Earth, farther than any humans had ever gone before.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of miles away from Patriots headquarters, a franchise legend who knows Jacas well gave his stamp of approval.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Having British athletes in there does help, especially as the first 5km (just over three miles) is slightly downhill and a bit quicker.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The turns are engineered to allow drivers to maintain 200 miles per hour without losing traction.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Gooseberry Falls State Park is around 40 miles northeast of Duluth, Minnesota, and around 194 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Khare had to balance training with a full production schedule, often logging miles in cities like Vienna, Austria, and Paris, France, while traveling for work.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
There was no phone signal, no passing cars, no house lights for at least thirty miles.
—Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Apollo 13's unplanned lunar loop sent it 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) from Earth, farther than any humans had ever gone before.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miles. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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