as in miles
a long distance
growing up in suburban New England, I used to think the 10 miles between our house and the mall was a long haul
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miles
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Reviewers rate it five stars for spaciousness and durability after schlepping the bags around on a 10-city odyssey, toting them on trains and buses for a month, and, in one case, dragging them over gravel for miles.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Jan. 2026 -
One of those getaway vehicles, an Acura TLX, was pursued by police and traveled as fast as 70 miles per hour on city streets before crashing.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Long hauls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20hauls. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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