as in miles
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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miles
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That’s when Sanchez and 15-year-old cousin Diego Hernandez left Nipomo, off the Central Coast, with 60 crates of berries loaded onto a 2017 Ford Transit 150 Van with 290,000 miles on the odometer.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026 -
Ellie’s workout regimen mostly included running a few miles every day (a Whitney playlist was queued up on Spotify) for cardio.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
9 May 2026
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“Country miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20miles. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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