marathon

The number of marathon participants has doubled since 2017 to more than a million people, and finishing times are getting faster, according to the Chinese Athletics Association.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Maybe Golden State could conjure up some magic in a playoff series — but over an 82-game regular-season marathon?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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

Dad had jumbled my internal clock, thanks to our late-night marathon of Doctor Who—my favorite episodes with the brilliant and brave Martha Jones.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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

Though much of the episode was drawn up before access to Disney’s massive “Alien” production archive was facilitated, maddening marathons of detail-checking became common.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

He also explores yuppies’ attraction to marathons, nouvelle cuisine and Gary Hart, who ran a pair of lawyer-driven, technocratic campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

It was fine, even necessary to fuel the brainiacs through late-night studying marathons.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman