- a variation of kilometer.
kilometre
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The crew brought the plane to a stop about a kilometre from the other aircraft, which had also been cleared to taxi across the runway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 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
"After working a kilometre underground, finding themselves hundreds of metres above the ground doesn't really faze them," he says.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 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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