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The sun set over a building in the distance.
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
One of the best ways to experience Leo Carrillo is along one of its many hiking paths, like the Yellow Hill Trail that provides panoramic views of the ocean and the Channel Islands in the distance.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
But her eyes were always pulled toward the mountains in the distance, the peaks of volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl practically calling her name.
—Julie Schwietert Collazo, Outside, 18 Oct. 2025
Wesley Hitt / Getty Images Somewhere, off in the distance, the faint sound of a brass band seems to be closing in.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
One of the best ways to experience Leo Carrillo is along one of its many hiking paths, like the Yellow Hill Trail that provides panoramic views of the ocean and the Channel Islands in the distance.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
But her eyes were always pulled toward the mountains in the distance, the peaks of volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl practically calling her name.
—Julie Schwietert Collazo, Outside, 18 Oct. 2025
Wesley Hitt / Getty Images Somewhere, off in the distance, the faint sound of a brass band seems to be closing in.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the distance
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“In the distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20distance. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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