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• The process is a world away from the one open to employees at Disneyland in California.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• The announcers half a world away from the events, though — kind of weird, huh?
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2022
• That’s a world away from kidnapping and killing a child.
  — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• The song is a world away from the Lovato of Dancing with the Devil.
  — Cat Cardenas, SPIN, 21 Sep. 2022
• But Dragonstone is a world away from what he is used to.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
• Tresco The second largest island, Tresco feels a world away from the hubbub of St Mary's.
  — Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 11 June 2024
• The year was 2016, and the Nordic folk trio Dreamers’ Circus was half a world away from home on its first tour of Japan.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• In terms of cost and practicality, the new home is a world away from the digs on Third Street.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2023
• Oslo is a world away from the London luxury of his hedge fund days.
  — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
• On human rights, Biden's approach is a world away from Trump's.
  — NBC News, 16 June 2021
• Ojai, population 7,500, is half a world away from the Gaza Strip.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Though Berkeley is a world away from Bombay, the patio is a nice place to pretend.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2022
• The namesake High Desert is a region two hours’ drive and a world away from Los Angeles.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 May 2023
• This part of the county, near Lake Okeechobee, is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) and a world away from the white sands of the island of Palm Beach.
  — Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
• The rural area, roughly 30 miles north of the tony shops and vineyards of Calistoga, is a world away from the Bay Area.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• The dramatic coastline here is many miles and a world away from the windswept plain where Stonehenge stands today.
  — National Geographic, 19 July 2022
• The rule became a sticking point two summers ago, a half a world away from Tokyo, in Lima, Peru.
  — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• Simi Valley, ringed by hills and thick with citrus groves, had once felt a world away from the busy heart of Los Angeles.
  — Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
• Her appointment Saturday was a world away from Bseiso’s home in the northern Gaza Strip.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
• The ancient city of Marrakech might seem half a world away from California.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Its listing explains that the tree house sits on its own private five acres, making guests feel a world away from others.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2020
• Utah is half a world away from the surreal scenes of chaos and panic playing out in Afghanistan, but we’re still deeply connected.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2021
• For Montiel, Humboldt was a world away from San Bernardino, her hometown.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• The realities of running and reviving a small business that's a world away from his past life threaten to push him to the brink.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2022
• Proposing that someone accompany you to the superstore is a world away from inviting a date to a movie, or to a café for a drink.
  — Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
• Our digital detox was a world away from the tourists taking selfies up the hill backdropped by the iconic grandiose Fairmont Le Château Frontenac​​.
  — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2024
• Corlett was a world away from the Norse setting of his new show for that type of character—namely, a modern teenager.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2022
• Only accessible by boat, the white sand and Caribbean waters feel a world away from the city.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2023
• Both sisters also sported long dark locks in the picture, a world away from their current hairstyles.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• Both sisters also sported long dark locks in the picture, a world away from their current hairstyles.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024