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
Clayton Freeman, Florida Times-Union, 29 Jan. 2026
Over the years, however, runners have often complained in particular about the marathon course (which, after a first half that’s reliably scenic has always gotten less-attractive in the second).
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Reuters — World Athletics will allow the United States to field three extra runners in the women’s half marathon at this year’s World Road Running Championships after three leaders were led off course during their national championships earlier this month.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
There is no packet pickup on marathon day.
—Clayton Freeman, Florida Times-Union, 29 Jan. 2026
Over the years, however, runners have often complained in particular about the marathon course (which, after a first half that’s reliably scenic has always gotten less-attractive in the second).
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
Part of this six- or seven-month marathon is adjusting on the fly and keeping everything going.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Reuters — World Athletics will allow the United States to field three extra runners in the women’s half marathon at this year’s World Road Running Championships after three leaders were led off course during their national championships earlier this month.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marathon
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The road to the very long lines began in February, when Congress, in resolving a broader government shutdown (the second in four months, impressively), could not agree on how to keep funding Homeland Security.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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But research also suggests that slower walking performed over a longer duration may initially produce greater total fat loss in overweight individuals than faster walking performed for shorter periods.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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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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An already threadbare squad could not cope with a lengthy injury list that included key players Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood, Miedema, Khadija Shaw, Jill Roord and Mary Fowler.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Underwood and Whitman both said the best part of the lengthy Illinois celebration on Saturday night was hugging their families — their wives and children, now older, who put up with their long days and nights away for many years.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Last year, New York's Zohran Mamdani won his mayoral race after appearing on Piker's stream.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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For kids there will be the Avo 500 race, Fun Zone and Best Dressed Avocado Contest.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 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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Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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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 1 Apr. 2026.
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