That would be a distance of up to three meters from the sick person.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

Runners push the bobsleigh for a distance of about fifty meters.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

It was a distance of forty-three thousand kilometers.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Shirley Griffith has more. From a distance, Big Bambu looks like a huge nest in the shape of a wave.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Off in the distance you see a valley way below and lines of bluish gray mountains that seem to reach forever.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

President Obama, in a speech on Wednesday, sought to distance himself from some of the policies of George W.Bush.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

As she heard the muffled roar of the van starting up in the distance, a horrifying realization gripped her."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

He developed a plan for measuring both the distance and speed of as many galaxies as possible.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

But seen from a distance, these elements come together to create a dreamy representation of water lilies.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

In fact,some of the nicest looking plants in the world are best enjoyed from a distance.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

It calls for America and Russia to each deploy a limit of one thousand five hundred fifty long-distance nuclear weapons -- a cut of about thirty percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

From a distance you can see the tall wall of the canyon ahead.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Those fifteen degrees of longitude mark a distance traveled.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

We quickly learned that we had overestimated everything: the ability of our vehicle, the distance we could travel in a day, the amount of money we needed and our desire to be away from home.

VOA: special.2010.01.30