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a long distance
the recluse lived in a small cabin miles away from his closest neighbor
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Recent Examples of miles
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.
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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
Parchman’s Unit 29 is a gray concrete building surrounded by a tall fence topped with razor wire that rests securely on miles of never-ending flatness and endless sky.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
With the two-week winter transfer portal just days from opening when Washington State announced Miller had joined its staff, the 34-year-old coach was quick to make the move to Pullman, which is just about 8 miles from the Idaho state line.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
The island of Ellaidhoo is located 26 miles west of the capital, Malé, and is only accessible via seaplane or boat.
—Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
That maneuver will send the spacecraft on a four-day trip around the far side of the Moon, tracing a figure-eight path that carries the crew more than 230,000 miles from Earth and thousands of miles beyond the lunar surface at its farthest point.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
But that course, through Egypt's Suez Canal, is about 3,000 miles longer.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
The epicenter was located approximately 16 miles east-northeast of Pine Valley, at a depth of 5 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
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
Parchman’s Unit 29 is a gray concrete building surrounded by a tall fence topped with razor wire that rests securely on miles of never-ending flatness and endless sky.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
With the two-week winter transfer portal just days from opening when Washington State announced Miller had joined its staff, the 34-year-old coach was quick to make the move to Pullman, which is just about 8 miles from the Idaho state line.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
The island of Ellaidhoo is located 26 miles west of the capital, Malé, and is only accessible via seaplane or boat.
—Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
That maneuver will send the spacecraft on a four-day trip around the far side of the Moon, tracing a figure-eight path that carries the crew more than 230,000 miles from Earth and thousands of miles beyond the lunar surface at its farthest point.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
But that course, through Egypt's Suez Canal, is about 3,000 miles longer.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
The epicenter was located approximately 16 miles east-northeast of Pine Valley, at a depth of 5 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Miles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miles. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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