Sentences with phrase «for over a mile»

During the meeting, the Amtrak representative on the committee revealed the railroad would not favor passenger cars going in reverse from downtown for over a mile to be able to head west to Cleveland and Chicago.

And yet she had run bleeding down a road for over a mile - fuelled purely by her love for us and her fear that we needed her.

She had put a chair through a window, climbed out (cutting her inner thighs so badly in the process that she needed stitches) and run down the road for over a mile before they had finally caught up with her.

Rubber Duck's dealings with the authorities quickly makes him a folk hero for other truckers and those in the CB culture, who quickly engage in helping Duck out by following his lead in a convoy which stretches for over a mile.

In Hawaii, off Lahaina, two large gray whales followed the ship for over a mile.

The beach stretches for over a mile and besides these two spots, the entire area has the ability to transform into a very good beachbreak depending on wind, swell and tide.

Angler's Reef is a ridge that runs parallel to shore for over a mile.

In fact, many surfing enthusiasts consider this area to have the world's longest most rideable waves (some boast riding for over a mile on one wave)!

Not too far from the boundary of the forest camp, a male orangutan crashed through the trees and then bellowed a long call that carried for over a mile.

The march made its way downtown for over a mile and wound down at 34th Street and 11th Avenue.

I was just reading about one in the White River area of NW Colorado in 1949 that produced «a layer of beetles 6 in deep and 6 ft wide for over a mile».

Not exact matches

Twenty miles an hour over the speed limit qualified as reckless driving, so I figured 40 miles an hour over was a one - way ticket to the magistrate's office, a lost license, and months of hassling friends for rides to work.

Flying nearly 1,800 miles high above earth, the missile flew for over 35 minutes before crashing down into the sea, according to David Wright of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The uninhabited half - square - mile island, possessing no apparent natural resources, is a bizarre sliver of territory for two countries to fight over.

And when the batteries wear down — as they're likely to do every 60 miles or so — the driver can simply pull over to a roadside charging kiosk (a «GoStation») to grab fresh power cells and drop off used ones for recharging.

Uber charges passenger over C$ 18,000 for 5 - mile ride, but it's all good.

For example, the cost of designing, building, launching and monitoring the government's Landsat satellite, which takes pictures of Earth from 480 miles up, is over $ 1 billion, according to the United States Geological Survey, which administers data from the satellite.

The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun - dials and brick walks and burning gardens — finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.

One million miles — Last July, United Airlines gave Florida researcher Jordan Wiens not moolah but megamiles for finding a bug that could help someone take over a remote computer.

Within two months, the Chicago - based carrier had shelled out 1.8 million miles for several bugs, including two so - called remote code execution flaws that could have let a hacker take over United's system.

The Richmond District Office, one of 72 such offices, is responsible for administering the array of SBA programs across Virginia, save the area closest to D.C. — 92 counties and 36 cities over 38,630 square miles.

All told, that gave him 66,456 miles and put him over the top in his annual quest to re-qualify for the airline's top elite status.

In the racing event, we can get up to 70 mph, which can be pretty scary because you're bouncing around and vibrating all over the place, and the tires we use, originally built for agriculture purposes, are only rated for 30 miles an hour.

Google for example, said recently that its driverless cars have completed over 2 million miles of autonomous driving.

The state of Nebraska just cleared one of the last hurdles for the Keystone XL pipeline, potentially ending a decade - long saga over the 1,700 - mile pipeline.

Apple also made a big deal over two new fitness apps — one for tracking my movements everyday, the other for tracking specific activities like a 5 - mile run — but I wasn't able to test those out.

The most negative number for Uber is that, during the week ending March 8th, human drivers had to take over from autonomous systems once every 0.8 miles.

For business - or first - class flights under 1,000 miles, points averaged 0.72 cent in value; for flights over 1,000 miles, it was 1.13 cents per poiFor business - or first - class flights under 1,000 miles, points averaged 0.72 cent in value; for flights over 1,000 miles, it was 1.13 cents per poifor flights over 1,000 miles, it was 1.13 cents per point.

Would you travel over 14,000 miles every other weekend for an MBA?

Airline frequent flier programs have become less rewarding over the last few years by offering fewer upgrades to elite fliers and requiring more miles than ever for award tickets.

Companies like Waymo, General Motors, and Uber have been testing self - driving cars for years over millions of miles.

The potential for damage to American Indian sites and artifacts has been a flashpoint in a months - long protest over the pipeline, which is intended to carry crude from western North Dakota almost 1,200 miles to a shipping point in Patoka, Illinois.

Amazon isn't so much interested in taking over what's called the «last mile» of the delivery trek as it is in making the process more efficient for the company and public entities that aid in delivery.

The electric SUV zoomed through a quarter mile in 11.4 seconds, setting a new world record for the fastest SUV over that distance.

You can also redeem your Starpoints for airline miles on over 150 airlines, with no blackout dates.

That's why, for the second year in a row, Zillow Group is sponsoring employee registrations for Tough Mudder — a 10 - mile obstacle course designed to test mental and physical strength while prioritizing teamwork over individual rankings.

For example: During the week ending March 8, the 43 active cars on the road only drove an average of close to 0.8 miles before the safety driver had to take over for one reason or anothFor example: During the week ending March 8, the 43 active cars on the road only drove an average of close to 0.8 miles before the safety driver had to take over for one reason or anothfor one reason or another.

If I had to do it all over again would probably churn for airline miles and be a mile millionaire instead.

With over 963 miles of public roads and the beautiful 49 - Mile Scenic Drive, there is a lot of territory for San Fran's 805,000 residents to drive.

Earn and use Mileage Plan miles for travel with our Alaska Global Partners to over 900 destinations around the world.

2014.04.14 RBC Run for the Kids challenges youth and families to go the extra mile for mental health care Annual event aims to fundraise over $ 1.5 million for the Family Navigation Project at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre...

They tend to have a higher interest rate, which means you could end up paying many times over in interest for the airline miles you accumulate.

Many ISPs have agreements with suppliers of physical Internet backbone providers to offer Internet service over their networks for «last mile» - consumers and businesses who desire to get Internet connectivity.

Travel: We've only been credit card hacking for three months or so, and we already have over ten hotel nights available and enough Southwest miles to fly four to seven round trips (depending on distance).

Currently, any time you use your miles to book a round - trip, international itinerary, you can stop over in an additional destination for no extra miles cost.

His death was a tissue of ironies: a man who had fought for monastic solitude for over 25 years died thousands of miles from his Kentucky hermitage; this passionate pacifist was flown back from Thailand in a military plane, from an airfield that was part of the network of military bases that prospered during the Vietnam years.

Hurricane Maria is heading for the island of Puerto Rico with potential winds of over 155 miles an hour.

Even though he was over a thousand miles away, the administrator «strongly advised me» to not apply for seminary there when I returned from overseas.

When the first guy proudly claimed a piece of land for himself ever, I'm positive there was another guy right next to him who looked out over the endless miles of expense in all directions and thought to himself, «I want THAT exact piece of land».

Standing beside each other, these bottles would stretch for over six miles — each full to the brim with sand, each grain a solar system (probably) on average as big and complex as ours, resplendent with planets, moons, asteroids and, in some cases, perhaps life.