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The sound of dogs barking floated over from some of the mansions in the distance, but these animals were not deterred from their grassy lunch.
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Hot-air balloons float in the distance, trees sway in the breeze, and pennant flags in the transgender-pride colors wave overhead.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
The following morning, Union Island rests in the distance as Squires awakens off the coast of Mayreau.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Perhaps appropriately, some Chiefs went through drills Wednesday with snowdrifts looming over them in the distance.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Hot-air balloons float in the distance, trees sway in the breeze, and pennant flags in the transgender-pride colors wave overhead.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
The following morning, Union Island rests in the distance as Squires awakens off the coast of Mayreau.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Perhaps appropriately, some Chiefs went through drills Wednesday with snowdrifts looming over them in the distance.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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“In the distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20distance. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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