marathon
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They eventually became a couple on 13 January 2012 - Overton remembers the date because they had a Friday the 13th film marathon.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
During Sackets Harbor’s marathon on Sept. 6, a spectator had drawn “Lake America” in chalk in front of the lake, among doodles cheering on the runners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Open semifinal in epic fashion, knocking off defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set marathon that did not end until 3:33 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In running distances up to the marathon, there is on average a 10-12% performance gap between males and females.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The man had been a famous marathon runner in his day.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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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
Its previous events are often watched by hundreds of thousands of people online, with GDQ's charity marathons having raised "62 million dollars for charities in the last 16 years", according to business director Ashley Farkas.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Some reports focused on the strangest claims by Arday of his personal achievements, including that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days, some partly with a fracture in his leg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 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
We had spelling bees and math marathons, or we stood up and said what we were going to do that summer, or what we would do if we were king of the world.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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