Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word six-mile.
Examples
-
Local Maryland bass anglers are livid after an FLW Stren Series bass tournament apparently left more than 600 bass floating dead along a six-mile area of the Mattawoman Creek and Potomac River, believed to be victims of delayed mortality after being released alive.
Should Maryland Ban Summer Tidal-Water Bass Tournaments? 2009
-
Later they widened that evacuation to a six-mile radius.
Japanese nuclear reactors in peril, radiation surges after earthquake, tsunami 2011
-
Lebow knew it would be impossible to find enough women who could run a marathon on short notice, so he suggested a six-mile event in Central Park and named it after his favorite female attire: the mini skirt.
New York Mini Celebrates 40 Years of Women on the Run Aimee Berg 2011
-
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton will announce Thursday that the state no longer plans to build High Occupancy Toll lanes on a six-mile stretch of I-395 inside the Capital Beltway, the planned construction of which has been the subject of a contentious lawsuit filed by Arlington County against the state.
Va. cancels plans for I-395 HOT lanes inside Beltway Rosalind S. Helderman 2011
-
Groups of about 50 refugees could be seen waiting just on the other side of a six-mile stretch of the low barbed-wire fence that marks the border Friday night.
Turkey Condemns Syria's 'Cruelty' Ayla Albayrak 2011
-
Groups of about 50 refugees could be seen waiting on the other side of a six-mile stretch of the low barbed-wire fence that marks the border Friday night.
Syrians Flee as Army Shells Town Nour Malas 2011
-
It took one Washington Post editor 5 hours 20 minutes to make a six-mile trip home along that route.
Snow brings evening commute to a grinding halt Josh White 2011
-
It took one Washington Post editor 5 hours 20 minutes to make a six-mile trip home along that route.
Snow brings evening commute to a grinding halt Josh White 2011
-
Conoco has proposed building a 1,400-foot bridge over the Nigliq, and a six-mile gravel road that would allow it to haul materials and workers to and from the drill site.
Bureaucratic Rift Stalls Alaska Well Stephen Power 2011
-
It had everything to do with not putting my baby in a situation where the exit door is a six-mile run away.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.