marathon

Example Sentences

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One by one, they came to receive a hug from their bald coach who looks fit enough to run a marathon.

From Los Angeles Times

WITCH, an acronym for We Intend To Cause Havoc, lived up to their name, with fans clamouring outside sold-out venues, hoping to watch marathon shows that sometimes lasted from 19:00 to 02:00.

From BBC

Towards the end of the TV marathon, Putin was asked a series of quickfire questions, touching on his views on friendship, religion, the motherland and love at first sight.

From BBC

Putin uses his hours-long TV marathon both as a forum for fiery foreign policy statements and to offer up all sorts of advice on love and family matters, recite poetry or promise to fix potholes.

From Barron's

“It’s a marathon sprint,” Andrew Rumbach, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Urban Institute, where he studies disaster response, told The Times in September.

From Los Angeles Times