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Meanings of several kilometres in English

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Usage of several kilometres in English
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Photo: Supplied Two separate fires several kilometres apart started on 13 February.
Radio NZ
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Both are several kilometres from the coast, and therefore on higher ground.
The Guardian
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Can they find their way back home from several kilometres away?
BBC
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Ms Valois said the foamy substance initially flowed for several kilometres to Pukete.
Radio NZ
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The blast was heard in districts of Istanbul several kilometres away, residents said.
Radio NZ
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There are also hummocks called lunar domes, which are normally several kilometres across.
BBC
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He is working at his home located several kilometres from the White House.
The South African
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He was spotted several kilometres from Kodakarajima, a remote island in southwestern Japan.
News.com.au
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Pieces of the airplane and bodies are spread over several kilometres.
Radio NZ
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He had walked several kilometres over pavements, and his varicose ulcer was throbbing.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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The main flashpoints were several kilometres north and southeast of the main protest encampment.
Reuters
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The explosion in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos was heard several kilometres away.
Independent.ie
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They range in size from several kilometres across down to metres across, Gilmore says.
Radio NZ
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Two separate fires several kilometres apart started on 14 February.
Radio NZ
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He could usually hear the boys from several kilometres away.
The preacher
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A thick layer of ice maybe several kilometres deep encloses a potentially habitable ocean.
BBC
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