Example Sentences
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"Sometimes it's a bit difficult to take the bus from dot to dot", says Yan Zhang, who works at Southampton university and doesn't drive, "so for shorter distances, I'll take the scooter."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Such devices could potentially allow local clinics across Kentucky to screen people at risk before requiring them to travel long distances to major hospitals for more specialized testing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cars are the main mode of transport in most regions of the world's largest country, where distances to cover are huge.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
To keep up, it will also need more bases in the Pacific, where distances are vast, some analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It says that the squares of the periods of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their distances from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
