country mile

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 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 With the most cap space in the league by a country mile, the pressure was extraordinary for the New England brass. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 Nobody within a country mile of it of course. Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025 Beyoncé walks a country mile in Nancy Sinatra’s boots, the Cure drop one of their most classic albums after a 16-year wait, Doechii leaves her own toothmarks on the alligator, MJ Lenderman dares to challenge the milkshake/smoothie dichotomy. Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for country mile
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mile
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  • Newsom, driven by California Highway Patrol officers, effectively commutes to the state capital of Sacramento, 88 miles northeast.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The property where the body was discovered 15 days later is located approximately a half-mile west of Highway 15 in the Fork Community in Mississippi, not far from where Ingram was last scene on camera.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Country mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20mile. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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