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marathon

[mar-uh-thon, -thuhn] / ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən /
NOUN
long-distance race
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Now comes the hard part: a regulatory marathon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Things started unraveling around the marathon mark, somewhere along the East River Esplanade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

China's robots are capable of putting on a show, doing Kung Fu dance moves and racing faster than humans during a marathon in Beijing.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The Ethiopian won the marathon with a new event record of 2:13:37.

From BBC • May 3, 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




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