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marathon

[mar-uh-thon, -thuhn] / ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən /
NOUN
long-distance race
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Washington and Tehran have agreed in principle to meet but haven’t decided on a date and venue, after marathon peace talks in Islamabad last weekend ended without a deal, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"David has always been such a joyful person and an inspirational ultra marathon athlete to spend time with," they said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Early on Sunday, when US Vice President JD Vance took the podium in Islamabad to declare that no agreement had been reached after marathon 21-hour talks, he was also quick to praise Pakistan.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

After marathon talks in Pakistan between the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a deal in the early hours of Sunday, S&P 500 futures and bitcoin were moving lower and oil higher.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Still, when she saw June near Annie Demetrios’s drippy neon painting of a ballet dancer in a leg cast, her stomach flipped and flopped and then started running a marathon around her body.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake




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