as in mile
a long distance
the distance from the car to the concert hall felt like a country mile in her new high heels
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Recent Examples of country mile
But stubbornly clinging to a player who is taking up a roster spot and shouldn’t be allowed within a country mile of starting lineups can be the issue that turns an early-season hole into an inescapable chasm.
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Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Peaches, my favorite fruit by a backwoods country mile, seemed deeply Southern, or so this Yankee had always thought.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Schaefer is the best defenseman in the draft class by a country mile.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
The hyperbole of Robinson hitting baseballs a country mile and stealing bases at the speed of light.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Peaches, my favorite fruit by a backwoods country mile, seemed deeply Southern, or so this Yankee had always thought.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Schaefer is the best defenseman in the draft class by a country mile.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
The hyperbole of Robinson hitting baseballs a country mile and stealing bases at the speed of light.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country mile
mile
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The victims, all elementary school students, got into difficulty in a frozen pond in Bonham, a city about 60 miles northeast of Dallas, triggering a desperate effort by their mother and a neighbor to save them, FOX 4 reported.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Analysts say Russian President Vladimir Putin is in no rush to find a settlement, despite his army's difficulties on the roughly 600-mile front line.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Country mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20mile. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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