a stone's throw
noun
: a short distance
The high school is just a stone's throw from his house.
She lives just a stone's throw away from the beach.
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This includes one with a crowd of over 2,000 in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine, a 45-minute drive from Middletown and just a stone's throw away from Vance's home in East Walnut Hills.
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Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, dishes at the restaurant brim with local ingredients, including wasabi, an Okutama specialty that is grown a stone's throw away.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Andy Rice, the program's director, said the group was staying at an apartment complex in the Toluca Hills area, just a stone's throw away from the Sunset fire.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2025
Moscow vowed to retaliate and has started intensive reforms of its forces in the northwest of the country, including expanding the military facilities a stone's throw from Finland and Estonia, a fellow NATO member just to the south of Helsinki.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Helberg awoke on Thursday to discover the massive bow of the NCL Salten resting a stone's throw from his home in Byneset, Norway, near Trondheim.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
The remains were found just a stone's throw from pop megastar Taylor Swift's beachside mansion in the town.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
The entire footprint of the land in which Epic Universe sits, a stone's throw from the Orlando Convention Center, is 750 acres.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Open-air dining at the property's restaurant and lounge highlights fresh Caribbean flavors just a stone's throw from an infinity pool that seems to melt into the ocean.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
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Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, dishes at the restaurant brim with local ingredients, including wasabi, an Okutama specialty that is grown a stone's throw away.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Andy Rice, the program's director, said the group was staying at an apartment complex in the Toluca Hills area, just a stone's throw away from the Sunset fire.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2025
Moscow vowed to retaliate and has started intensive reforms of its forces in the northwest of the country, including expanding the military facilities a stone's throw from Finland and Estonia, a fellow NATO member just to the south of Helsinki.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Helberg awoke on Thursday to discover the massive bow of the NCL Salten resting a stone's throw from his home in Byneset, Norway, near Trondheim.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
The remains were found just a stone's throw from pop megastar Taylor Swift's beachside mansion in the town.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
The entire footprint of the land in which Epic Universe sits, a stone's throw from the Orlando Convention Center, is 750 acres.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Open-air dining at the property's restaurant and lounge highlights fresh Caribbean flavors just a stone's throw from an infinity pool that seems to melt into the ocean.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
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“A stone's throw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20stone%27s%20throw. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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