…a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)…
…a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)…
…a mile over which a food item is transported during the journey from producer to consumer, as a unit of measurement of the fuel used to transport it…
…a unit of distance equal to a minute of arc of a great circle and varying (because the earth is not a perfect sphere) between approximately 2,014 yards (1,842 metres) at the equator and 2,035 yards (1,861 metres) at the pole…
…used with reference to a situation regarded as frightening or alarming…
…a unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards)…
…a distance equal to one minute of longitude or latitude at the equator (about 1,850 metres)…
…an invasive and noxious vine, native to Asia, that has downward-pointing barbs on the stem and the underside of leaves. It is considered an ecological threat in the eastern US…
…an island in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, site of a nuclear power station. In 1979 an accident caused damage to the reactor core, provoking strong reactions against the nuclear industry in the US…
…the outer boundary of the area extending 3 miles (4.8 km) out to sea from the coast of a state or country, considered to be within its jurisdiction…
…recognize something very easily…
…the fact of failure or escape is not affected by the narrowness of the margin…
…once concessions have been made to someone they will demand a great deal…
