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Meanings of as the crow flies in English

Russian
по линии полёта пчелы
Spanish
distancia a vuelo de pajaro
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Idiom meaning the shortest distance between two points.

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        по линии полёта пчелы
        Usage of as the crow flies in English
        1
        Fifteen miles as the crow flies is the usual limit of vision.
        Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
        2
        We were now sixty miles, as the crow flies, from the sea.
        Southern Arabia
        3
        Nearly two miles as the crow flies-onlythere are no crows here.
        The Man from Brodney's
        4
        My cabin's about two miles north of here, as the crow flies.
        Swan Song
        5
        For one, drones in the simulation run routes as the crow flies.
        Wired
        6
        From Great Harbor to Cambridge as the crow flies is no great distance.
        Caleb's crossing
        7
        The distance across the Pass as the crow flies is, perhaps, fifty miles.
        Arizona Sketches
        8
        Fort Lincoln is all of sixty miles from here as the crow flies.
        A Texas Ranger
        9
        A single Englishman touring the world as the crow flies occupied the car.
        The Mountains
        10
        He had travelled about ten miles from the sea, as the crow flies.
        A Voyage to Arcturus
        11
        The house is over there-onlyabout four miles away as the crow flies.
        Colorado abduction
        12
        Every Sunday I visit a relative just 2km away as the crow flies.
        The Irish Times
        13
        You know Cherry Orchard is really the nearest house as the crow flies.
        Afterwards
        14
        Church Lane, St Giles, not a long journey eastwards as the crow flies.
        The crimson petal and the white
        15
        Less than two miles, as the crow flies, separated them from this scene.
        The Road
        16
        It's about six miles from our camp as the crow flies.
        Men, Women, and Boats
        Translations for as the crow flies