miles from anywhere
idiom
: in a place that is very far from other people
They live miles from anywhere.
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The Sun Ra Arkestra, the musical collective founded in Chicago in the mid-fifties, moved out of the Lower East Side in 1968, and wound up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, on a very green side street along the edge of a hill that feels a million miles from anywhere.
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Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
This volcanic archipelago of 12 islands is located 900 miles northeast of Tahiti and 2,340 miles from anywhere else.
—Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
So what happens, when a gigantic upscale hotel appears miles from anywhere just as a pandemic freezes global travel?
—Dimitris Sideridis, CNN, 22 Dec. 2021
The spot was miles from anywhere, on the side of a hill whose poky desert plants scrape anyone who walks by, and over which wild horses keep watch.
—Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 5 Jan. 2021
Tiny towns tucked into Oregon’s windswept plains and cattle ranches miles from anywhere in South Dakota might not have had a single case of the new coronavirus, but their main streets are also empty and their medical clinics overwhelmed by the worried.
—Gillian Flaccus, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2020
For many people, the idea of setting up shop thousands of miles from anywhere on a remote Pacific island, surrounded by palm trees and crystal blue water, sounds like a dream come true.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2015
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Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
This volcanic archipelago of 12 islands is located 900 miles northeast of Tahiti and 2,340 miles from anywhere else.
—Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
So what happens, when a gigantic upscale hotel appears miles from anywhere just as a pandemic freezes global travel?
—Dimitris Sideridis, CNN, 22 Dec. 2021
The spot was miles from anywhere, on the side of a hill whose poky desert plants scrape anyone who walks by, and over which wild horses keep watch.
—Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 5 Jan. 2021
Tiny towns tucked into Oregon’s windswept plains and cattle ranches miles from anywhere in South Dakota might not have had a single case of the new coronavirus, but their main streets are also empty and their medical clinics overwhelmed by the worried.
—Gillian Flaccus, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2020
For many people, the idea of setting up shop thousands of miles from anywhere on a remote Pacific island, surrounded by palm trees and crystal blue water, sounds like a dream come true.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2015
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“Miles from anywhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miles%20from%20anywhere. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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