yds.
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But the army wants to have a nonlethal solution, a way to keep angry protesters frozen 200 to 300 yds. from soldiers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Pathfinder rover was a modest machine: 1 ft. tall and so slow it covered only 100 yds. of terrain in its 90-day life-span.
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Culpepper can heave a football 80 yds., run a 40-yd. dash in a halfback-like 4.42 sec. and jump 36 in. from a standing start.
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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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It is strong and in good repair, but is commanded by the summits of the enormous and massive mausolea of the ancient kings about 600 yds. distant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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