marathon
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To mark the anniversary and and raise funds to thank their rescuers, the brothers are running a half marathon every day in May.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Now comes the hard part: a regulatory marathon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
But even if you skip a marathon art-viewing session this week, there’s plenty to enjoy among the whirlwind of fairs dotted across the city like tornadoes on a Kansas plain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The Ethiopian won the marathon with a new event record of 2:13:37.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
It was a nine-and-a-half-hour marathon in which Fischer, even though a pawn ahead, had a difficult position right up to adjournment.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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