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Meanings of covering the distance in English

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Usage of covering the distance in English
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She ran for the trees, covering the distance in ten long strides.
Ghosts of Onyx
2
She took off, covering the distance faster than she'd ever gone.
Forbidden Blood
3
We will take bicycles with us, to minimize the fatigue of covering the distance.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
4
They were four days in covering the distance, partly on foot, partly by horse.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
5
It was a missile, covering the distance between the vehicles in less than a second.
Bedlam
6
The figure was running at him, covering the distance in the darkness, a sword extended.
The Scar
7
With a rippling bellow, Yarbog charged Roran, covering the distance between them with three thundering steps.
Brisingr
8
While covering the distance they talked over Tom's dilemma, but failed to reach any conclusion concerning it.
The Rover Boys at College; Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
9
Eight hundred yards straight away were the woods, and the roan was covering the distance with mighty strides.
The Night-Born
10
These latter began firing at once, their muskets easily covering the distance, although our lighter weapons were useless.
Love under Fire
11
They jumped together, covering the distance to the door in one easy leap, landing just as Rex got there.
Blue noon
12
Those were not the days of ocean greyhounds, covering the distance between England and India in a couple of weeks.
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
13
Eskkar saw all this at a glance as the line approached, covering the distance with long strides and without hesitation.
Quest for honour
14
It was a Merc, trailing a dust-cloud, covering the distance in a few short minutes that I'd taken hours to cross.
Exit wound
15
Then he hurries back to Fontainebleau, covering the distance from Turin in eighty-five hours; and, after a brief sojourn at St.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
16
The thoughts came to him in the split second it took to make the three strides covering the distance between them.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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