marathon

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It rounded off a marathon qualification process that began in September 2023 and spanned six confederations before culminating in the high‑stakes Uefa and intercontinental play‑offs on 31 March.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

In early December, Chad Vander Veen ran a marathon beneath a ceiling of unbroken fog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

That means that while small-caps have had a good run of late, investors shouldn’t count on a marathon: “History clearly shows that positive relative returns in this space are streaky, not structural,” Colas concludes.

From Barron's • Mar. 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