The crowd started arriving at 4:30 a.m., some driving hundreds of miles and others walking mere blocks.

The cab had covered a mere five blocks during her mental process.

It was not a mere block, but highly decorated with deep framed panels on either side.

Constable Plimmer's face was a mere block of wood, expressionless.

Critics rage that it's a mere two blocks from the 9/11 site-way too close.

It was first built from wooden planks and expanded a mere five blocks.

The house was a mere five blocks from the boys' school.

The spot was empty one recent weeknight when I pulled in, overjoyed at being able to park a mere four blocks from my apartment.

Dumbo is a mere two blocks wide in its thinnest stretches.

All living mere blocks from each other at times in the big city of Paris.