The distance from detroit, mi to paris, france is approximately 3930 mi. Flying from detroit to paris takes 8 hr with the jet stream. The return flight takes 8. 3 hr since the plane is flying against the jet stream.

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The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".