yds.
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The low-cost walkie-talkies of old, which transmitted only 100 yds. or so, were basically noisy toys.
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From out of nowhere, she says, nearly a dozen policemen streaked after Jones about 100 yds. from her.
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Mor spotted a muzzle flash from the Tanzim next to Aida's main mosque, 300 yds. away.
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Each will weigh 330 lbs., stand 4 ft. high and cover 100 yds. in a day.
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It was a structure 431 ft. by 125 ft. interior dimensions, extending along the south side of a quadrangle 163 yds. by 108 yds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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