The farthest afield XTO has ventured is Alaska, where the geology is similar to that of west Texas.
Now, they are enjoying world-wide fame and have fan clubs as far afield as California.
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What's more, Dubai is cosmopolitan and business-friendly enough to lure talent from far afield.
Further afield, you can drive in any direction through Dartmoor and find striking, hilly vistas.
Such is the wine world's international creep that it is well worth exploring further afield.
Most of these were unfounded, but to already concerned parents, they started to look further afield.
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Go much further afield, and you'll quickly wander into the ETF equivalent of the Wild West.
Finding a decent pizza chef in Afghanistan proved impossible, so he looked further afield.
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Lenders are also willing to look farther afield, with some focusing more on Spain and Italy.
Fans from as far afield as Japan e-mailed the club to say they had done so.
The rest are from countries as far afield as the US and Equatorial Guinea.
Other first timers, like Arron Bullen from west Belfast, had not come from so far afield.
If they cannot recruit enough staff locally they may opt to seek nurses from further afield.
Wind and geothermal power could be gathered from as far afield as South America and Siberia.
Further afield, there are signs of a new readiness among Palestinians to cut a deal.
Cheap air travel means that buyers from rich countries are looking much farther afield than before.
As the group expands farther afield, foreign policy becomes at least as important as domestic policy.
The new Olympic structures in east London could beat even that, drawing punters from far afield.
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He sees signs of it as far afield as India, Ireland and Latin America.
Farther afield, the cold war stumbled on, as East and West battled for cultural influence.
If going farther afield, Manchester and colleagues have considered using ChipSats as solar sails.
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But his office also seems constantly besieged by long-time contacts from much farther afield.
He said not many UK piers made money so the team was looking further afield for ideas.
Some Chinese officers want to fly the flag ever farther afield as a demonstration of China's rise.
He said there continued to be huge support for them from the community and people further afield.
But you have to go pretty far afield to find something people would call abnormal these days.
Incidents had been reported as far afield as Warwickshire, Hampshire, Somerset, London and the Isle of Wight.
For many managers, putting a gloss on a dealership might seem far afield from hard-nosed brand investment.
These now go increasingly far afield not least to Colombia, ostensibly in search of lobster, mostly exported to the United States.
Further afield, the more remote eastern Usambaras are home to the lushly vegetated and excellently protected Amani Nature Reserve.
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