marathon
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Some states allow shops to open on a few Sundays a year to mark significant events like a marathon or a film festival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Even if Wolfhard is exhausted by the press marathon, he doesn’t show it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Perseverance covered the marathon distance after five years and four months of driving, reaching the mark on the 1,890th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
It is perhaps a marathon, not a sprint, to establish whether the venue can remain a fitting home for major athletics events for years to come.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
By the end of our first game, the moves and tricks I’d picked up during all those marathon bouts with Aech were starting to come back to me.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Drinks have been logged from engagements, weddings, 12-week pregnancy scans, driving tests and marathons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
My 40-something friends are training for marathons, opening new businesses, dating, having babies and changing careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
They can mix cocktails, run marathons and fold laundry.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
There were hugs, cheers and tears as two brothers crossed the finish line to complete a mammoth challenge of running 33 marathons in 33 days, raising £1.5m for dementia research in the process.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
It was fine, even necessary to fuel the brainiacs through late-night studying marathons.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
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