kilometre
Britishnoun
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The organisers of the Edmonton Marathon have admitted the course measured more than half a kilometre too long for the 2026 edition.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Issues have reportedly been raised about padding in bras that could result in riders gaining one second per kilometre.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
An AFP reporter saw on Sunday that police had been deployed to the suspect's alleged address, around one kilometre south of the scene of the attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Just over one kilometre from the finish line on stage 12, the Briton was forced to run without a bicycle following a crash with a motorbiked on Mont Ventoux.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
They were flying over the six kilometre zone of park-land that separated Central London from its first ring of satellite suburbs.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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