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heptathlons

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plural of heptathlon

as in pentathlons

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Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
The Bank of Utah Championship is the second of eight tournaments that are part of the FedEx Cup Fall, where the top 100 in the standings at the end of the year keep full cards for next year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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In addition to their share in Walmart, the family has continued to amass their fortune through the acquisition of sports teams.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
Jonathan McKinsey, a 40-year-old gaming engineer for The New York Times, was shot to death Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of a sports complex in Dublin, east of San Francisco.

— TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of sports

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Allen has 61 yards on 19 carries through three games after returning from a knee injury that ended his 2025 season after four games.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
The other aces on both sides who have been under the glare in these types of Red Sox-Yankees games didn’t have to deal with social media, the creativity of the fans in the ballpark was rough enough.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

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Harris has held campaign events in California, Nevada, and Georgia, starting her tour off in Michigan to stump with the progressive Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul el Sayed.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Flashbacks to recent events reveal that the townspeople never let Hal find peace, and even firebombed his home, only for a grown-up Noah — Kerry’s son, and Zoe’s grandson — to save him and regenerate his skin using Zoe’s covert alien tech.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of events

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Johannes has much more experience at major tourneys to go along with her Paris medal — three silver medals in the past three Eurobasket competitions and a Bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Check the calendar for events like euchre and bingo tourneys, and scheduled food truck lineups.

— Midwest Living, Midwest Living, 1 July 2026

Definition of tourneys

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