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/ˈfɑː(r)ðə(r)/The children were too tired to walk any farther.
I live farther up the road.
I wanted to talk to them, but I didn't get farther than the front door.
An owl hooted nearby, and was answered by another farther away.
The Mexican border is 200 miles farther south.
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