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
Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
There’s a level of relief on the organizer’s side too, given that, just two years ago, the CCAs were jam-packed into a marathon week of awards shows that had been delayed by the strikes.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026
In 2024, the IOC altered its typical run of show to hold the women’s gold medal basketball game and women’s marathon on the final day of Paris competition, rather than men’s events.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Deal talks often stretch into odd hours and unpredictable schedules, becoming marathon sessions.
—Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
There’s a level of relief on the organizer’s side too, given that, just two years ago, the CCAs were jam-packed into a marathon week of awards shows that had been delayed by the strikes.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
Survivor 50 Challenge Like the Road to 50 marathon, the Survivor 50 Challenge is winding down.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026
In 2024, the IOC altered its typical run of show to hold the women’s gold medal basketball game and women’s marathon on the final day of Paris competition, rather than men’s events.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marathon
Adjective
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Hotel staff will almost certainly point out the 16-storey-high, 250-panel-long mural in the atrium, ‘The Great Motherland of China’, rumoured to be the work of 40 artists and the largest Chinese silk painting in the world.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Some records from the year-long exchange of evidence in the lawsuit battle were already released publicly in response to a federal appeals court order.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Kristen was also an ultramarathon runner and someone who found joy and purpose in caring for animals.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Divergent and Big Little Lies actress will play Eve, an ultramarathon runner who, following the tragic death of her twin sister, enters the most intense competition on the planet: The Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, a 135-mile race through Death Valley.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That pause came six days after yet another judge vacated Williams’ lengthy sentence for the deadly 2001 shooting on the Santee campus, a decision that could clear the way for his release.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The lawsuit will first go before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, where the process of getting a ruling could be lengthy.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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The country began a starkly successful race for ingenuity and hi-tech to survive; the pace of change and implementation unparalleled in a six-week innovation cycle of the front line – the time in which a new idea for killing appears.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Gardon pointed out that Newsom was speaking to a mixed-race audience during the conversation with Dickens.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 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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And with the help of her swimming buddy/husband, and a tandem bike, Kate Varns did the impossible once again — finishing a YMCA triathlon.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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In the space of a few minutes, Lægreid had managed to make not only the biathlon but the entirety of the Olympics about himself.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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The German biathlon team posted a video on social media showing Justus Strelow’s medal falling off the ribbon.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 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 Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
6 July 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 28 Feb. 2026.
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