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Young said he was at his home 2 miles away and felt the impact of the explosion.
From the dailyherald.com
The run to Clinton is about 300 miles and will take about five hours of driving.
From the stltoday.com
Radiation levels may be not be affected from a distance of 40 miles to 50 miles.
From the bloomberg.com
The company said a third plant, located 500 miles south of Tokyo, was undamaged.
From the bloomberg.com
Conlan lives in Vinalhaven, Maine, an island 15 miles off the coast of Rockland.
From the usatoday.com
Sendai, a city of 1 million people, is about 50 miles to the north of the plant.
From the usatoday.com
He said the team was unsure how it would get to Olean, 240 miles west of Albany.
From the bostonherald.com
The area has miles of coastline, and many activities start and end at the water.
From the online.wsj.com
Mr. Batch, born and bred seven miles outside Pittsburgh proper in Homestead, is.
From the online.wsj.com
- A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- Nautical mile: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- A large distance; "he missed by a mile"
- Sea mile: a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
- A footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
- A mile is a unit of length in a number of different systems. In contemporary English, a mile most commonly refers to the statute mile of 5,280 feet (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres), the survey mile of 5,280 survey feet or the nautical mile of . ...
- A Scots mile was the same length as the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, i.e. from the castle down to the Holyrood Abbey. English miles were imposed in 1824 by an Act of Parliament.
- In Irish origin legends, Mu00EDl Espu00E1ine or Mu00EDl Espu00E1ne (later Latinized as Milesius; also Miled/Miledh) is the mythical ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland, the "sons of Mu00EDl" or Milesians, who represent the vast majority of the Irish Gaels. His father was Bile, son of Breogan.
- (MILES) The Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System or MILES is used by the US military and other armed forces around the world for training purposes. It uses lasers and blank cartridges to simulate actual battle.
