marathon
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With Spalding pitching, Forest City contested the Nationals in a marathon affair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
"The second time I go back is to run a marathon for the same disease that should have killed me, which is a very full-circle moment."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
There are the guides that suggest one task a day for 30 days; the ones that stretch the process across four weekends; the ones that amount to a 16-hour cleaning marathon.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Celebrities have to be prepared for the marathon at all times.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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
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