quarter mile

collocation in English

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quarter
noun
uk
/ˈkwɔː.tər/us
/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/
one of four equal or almost equal parts of ...
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mile
noun
uk
/maɪl/us
/maɪl/
a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or ...
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(Definition ofquarterandmilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The preachers left the town by train, forcing the police to line up along aquartermileof railway track to ensure its safety.
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Fast food chains should be required to collect litter within aquartermileradius of their shops.
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A dirtquartermiletrack was built in the infield in 1953, and the half mile was abandoned.
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The aircraft then skidded on its nose for anotherquartermile, struck a ditch, and exploded.
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At the previous location in the cow pasture, it was a walk of aquartermileto the nearest restroom.
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It can accelerate to 62mph km/h in 3.7 secs, to 100mph km/h in 7.5 secs and complete thequartermilein 11.3 secs.
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The cave has over 2,200 feet (670 m) of passage and is about aquartermile(400 m) long.
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After swimming aquartermile, they left the canal and tried to make a break across open ground towards a treeline.
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The preachers left the town by train, forcing the police to line up along aquartermileof railway track to ensure its safety.
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Fast food chains should be required to collect litter within aquartermileradius of their shops.
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The 1979 model's 11.36 secondquartermiletime (at 117.95 mph) was quicker than other superbikes of the day.
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Local newspapers complained about, among other things, thequartermileof wood boardwalk required to traverse the swampy ground to reach the station.
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The latter was situated about aquartermilefurther south, where the line to the goods yard and engine shed diverged from the single line.
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The track was removed in the mid 1920s and replaced in 1937 by aquartermiledirt track.
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It took the riders aquartermileto slow down and stop and the $2,000 bicycle finally halted on the brink of a railroad culvert.
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The dragsters that race within this category are capable of covering aquartermilefrom a standing start in as little as 4.5 seconds.
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A dirtquartermiletrack was built in the infield in 1953, and the half mile was abandoned.
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The aircraft then skidded on its nose for anotherquartermile, struck a ditch, and exploded.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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