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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Debe had been reported missing two days earlier by her estranged husband, Bob Atrops, who lived about five miles away on a rural road.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026 -
McCarthy grew up in the Greenfield neighborhood, just a couple of miles away from the team's practice facility on the city's South Side.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Country miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20miles. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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