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Man's name that becomes a distance if you move the first letter to the end (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emil

(Other definitions for emil that I've seen before include "- - Zatopek, Olympic runner" , "French boy's name" , "German boy" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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