long hauls

noun

plural of long haul
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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  • The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Whisper also helped rescue a man from a disabled sailing vessel nearly 500 miles off the Oregon coast in late May.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of miles
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“Long hauls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20hauls. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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