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miles

/maɪlz/ noun A2
  1. A great distance in space or time. (informal) · His final shot missed the bullseye by miles.· From the top of the hill you can see for miles.
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Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered in an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 55 · B2
MATTHEW Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 11 · C1
Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 1 · B2
A hundred miles or more,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 4 · C1

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