marathon
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With Spalding pitching, Forest City contested the Nationals in a marathon affair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
His marathon coverage garnered national notice and, two years later, an offer to move to a larger market in Milwaukee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
She eventually built up to marathon training, and plans to head to New York later this year to run the marathon there.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
There are the guides that suggest one task a day for 30 days; the ones that stretch the process across four weekends; the ones that amount to a 16-hour cleaning marathon.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
If I had known I was going to be running a half marathon all around the hospital, I might’ve bothered to bring my portable oxygen.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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