as in long
lasting for a considerable time
a marathon study session the night before the exam
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Recent Examples of marathon
Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Organizers warn the public that streets near the marathon course will experience traffic delays.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Jenny McCoy, SELF, 1 Apr. 2026
This upcoming run will likely feature more marathon sets, with no opener scheduled to join JBS and the Dark Clouds.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
It’s been a marathon week of discussions with the two sides getting together for more than 60 hours since the first in-person bargaining session on Tuesday.
—Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Organizers warn the public that streets near the marathon course will experience traffic delays.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Doing these in several small bouts throughout the day is more beneficial than tackling them all in one marathon session.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 1 Apr. 2026
This upcoming run will likely feature more marathon sets, with no opener scheduled to join JBS and the Dark Clouds.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marathon
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Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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On the other end, Reign used a direct, long-ball method to get its chances.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Still, Laye says about 60 percent of competitors experience nausea at some point during an ultramarathon.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Tristan is the ultramarathon of opera roles, long and punishing, and not many tenors carry it off with such unflagging grace.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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The road to Colorado's Mount Blue Sky is expected to reopen soon after the completion of a lengthy construction project.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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In California, in 2023, a lengthy strike by health-care workers at Kaiser Permanente ended with the company agreeing to introduce a minimum hourly wage of twenty-five dollars by 2026.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The 10 candidates in the governor's race are Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Betty Yee.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Two inches in thirty minutes can overwhelm drainage systems and leave deep ponds in lower areas as water races downhill.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Those women’s sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, equestrian, soccer, swimming and driving, rifle, volleyball, and triathlon.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2026
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Women compete at the same distances in running and swimming and other endurance sports, including triathlon, and do so now in cross-country skiing.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Freshman Liisa-Maria Lusti became the second Oregon woman to win the pentathlon — first since Brianne Theisen-Eaton in 2012 — with a season-best 4,498 points.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Feyerabend, Mountain West’s reigning indoor pentathlon champion, won four of five events en route to a personal best of 4,270 points and a 206-point victory.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Marathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marathon. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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