yds.
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Mor spotted a muzzle flash from the Tanzim next to Aida's main mosque, 300 yds. away.
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Each will weigh 330 lbs., stand 4 ft. high and cover 100 yds. in a day.
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How could we have flown the entire family 6,000 miles from Denver to meet a woman who was afraid to walk 20 yds. across the street to meet us?
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A petty officer in charge of analyzing sonar data had conceded he had been "a little bit" lazy in not telling Waddle that a ship appeared to be just 4,000 yds. away.
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Some dredges have a capacity under favourable conditions of over 2000 cub. yds. of gravel daily.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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