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- proper noun A male
given name . - proper noun A patronymic
surname , also derived from a Middle English form ofMichael .
Etymologies
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Examples
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FRANKEN: They patrol about 1.5 million square miles of water in this area called the Mona Passage, Miles.
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And that is just less than 80 miles how from Pensacola itself, less than 70 miles from the beach, moving to the north-northwest, Miles, at 18 miles an hour.
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In fact, the wind speeds so high, 58 miles per hour reported now in Beaumont, Texas, not too far from where Miles is, that in fact, they're having some huge problems, technical problems with communication.
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Meanwhile, about 12 miles to the north of us, Miles, remember the triage unit that was set up at the airport there?
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In fact, the wind speeds so high, 58 miles per hour reported now in Beaumont, Texas, not too far from where Miles is, that in fact, they're having some huge problems, technical problems with communication.
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You know, in a state 400 miles long like ours, Miles, a few hundred feet is irrelevant.
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Here we have reports -- I think Orelon mentioned it -- down at the civil defense agency, a wind gust as high as 66 miles per hour compared to half of that where we are, which is about five miles away -- Catherine and Miles?
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Meredith, it being about seven miles from our place, when the old dog broke down from the infirmities of age and Miles and I carried him home on our shoulders, it being his last appearance in the fields that he had so successfully hunted, for he died soon afterwards.
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After successfully holding in check for some months the regular troops under General Howard and a large force of Indian scouts, Joseph conducted a masterly retreat for over a thousand miles across the mountains, but was finally intercepted by General Miles when within a short distance of the Canadian frontier.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Lesser heralded than their collaboration with Monk (as documented on BAGS 'GROOVE and MILES DAVIS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GIANTS), this August 5, 1955 session with vibraphonist Milt Jackson was Miles' last all-star collaboration before the formation of his first classic quintet.
unknown title 2009
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