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marathon

[mar-uh-thon, -thuhn] / ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən /
NOUN
long-distance race
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In China, the number of marathon runners has doubled over the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

For much of the marathon, Ben Dancer has drawn on Nigeria's rich dance traditions as well as its fast-changing internet culture.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Both participants died after falling ill on the half marathon route on Sunday, which runs from Newcastle to South Shields.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The 32-year-old musician launched his Together Together tour in May and is currently in the second month of his marathon 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

When encouraging Johnny to try training for a marathon, or when I failed to win the reading prize in seventh grade.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Long before Dante joined the military and Joey started running marathons, Thousand Steps Beach was always where they got their best workouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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 of his claims about his life, including that he once ran 30 marathons in 35 days and raised millions for charities, were disputed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 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

On rainy days, we’d play tic-tac-toe for hours or watch Power Puff Girls marathons on TV.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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