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marathon

[mar-uh-thon, -thuhn] / ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən /
NOUN
long-distance race
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Lots of people do a marathon in one go so how hard could it be?

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"It was the longest marathon ever," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

A swath of disaffected progressives started tuning in to his daily marathon livestreams, where Piker riffs on the latest batch of headlines with a trademark off-the-cuff panache.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Hallmark this week said 12 million people watched its holiday movies in the first two weeks of the annual countdown to Christmas marathon that began Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

She gestured at Jule’s digital readout “Like, for a marathon or something?”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

William and Catherine surprised Sir Kevin as he completed the third of the marathons.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

"You don't need to run marathons," Corral said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

But after losing much of his depth perception, he traded that passion for running, completing 79 marathons, his family said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

It can be hard to resist videos of humanoid robots dancing, running marathons and sometimes crashing spectacularly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

They sprinted one day and rowed long, punishing ten- or twelve-mile marathons the next.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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