as the crow flies
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We had a house at the top of Mount Washington where, on a clear day, I could see the downtown skyscrapers surrounding my office—five minutes, as the crow flies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Paradise is only about 13 miles southeast of Cohasset, as the crow flies.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
On a clear day from the 4,200-foot summit, you can see San Francisco to the north, as well as the entrance to Yosemite Valley, 120 miles east, as the crow flies.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023
Just 300 miles away, as the crow flies, Myung-hui had arrived in South Korea.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
The other societies illustrate the important point that distance as the crow flies is not an appropriate measure of isolation for humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
