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The altered scale of distance confused him; the road had telescoped absurdly; the hayfields were so small.

From A Prisoner in Fairyland by Blackwood, Algernon

But the Fitzgerald Contraction had telescoped those nine years into just a few months, for the people of the Valhalla.

From Starman's Quest by Mack, Stan

Time had telescoped and he was back again in the early eighties.

From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan

Some had telescoped, others mounted high in piles, one upon the other, their locomotives as well as their contents being smashed and damaged—the whole scene presenting the aspect of a gigantic railway wreck.

From My Home in the Field of Honor by Huard, Frances Wilson

About where Berth Number Ten should have been, the timbers had telescoped upward, leaving an open space four or five feet high.

From Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police by Curwood, James Oliver