Distance in example sentence

Consequently, this extraordinary cetacean could transfer itself from one locality to another with startling swiftness, since within an interval of just three days, the Governor Higginson and the Christopher Columbus had observed it at two positions on the charts separated by a distance of more than 700 nautical leagues.

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Beauty is nature's way of acting at a distance, so to speak.

And he said one day, "What's the shortest distance between two points?"

And he said, "That is the shortest distance between two points."

Today we know that families are living further and further apart, and that definitely takes a toll on family relationships and family bonds over distance.

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