By midafternoon, a mile-long line of cars had formed at the border as Macedonian guards slowly processed the refugees.

Describes Dubai, which has a mile-long line of modern skyscrapers 30-, 40-, 50-stories high and a beachfront of artificial islands.

She saw a gas station that was open-with a mile-long line of cars waiting.

How about the mile-long lines at gas stations in Port Harcourt?

President Obasanjo, for instance, has broken up groups that diverted fuel to sell on the black market, leaving gas stations empty or with mile-long lines.

Trucks still back up in mile-long lines at the border.

The trucks and cars wait in a chaotic, mile-long line, their Palestinian drivers jostling for any small space that opens in front of them.

On each of the last two days, drivers have waited patiently in mile-long lines at gas stations.

Gasoline shortages, panic buying, mile-long lines at service stations.

The 10-day gasoline shortage that created mile-long lines, drove up black-market prices tenfold, and left cars stranded all over Moscow was no accident.