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Recent Examples of marathons
So far, she's run eight half marathons and one full marathon.
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
As someone who has run 31 marathons, including all six of the original world marathon majors, Reed, 42, was no stranger to going the distance.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
Taking that to half and full marathons around the world, the La Jolla resident has run in more than 105 marathon-level races, including the Boston Marathon (her 100th race) and the 2016 Pyongyang Half Marathon in North Korea.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
As someone who has run 31 marathons, including all six of the original world marathon majors, Reed, 42, was no stranger to going the distance.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
Taking that to half and full marathons around the world, the La Jolla resident has run in more than 105 marathon-level races, including the Boston Marathon (her 100th race) and the 2016 Pyongyang Half Marathon in North Korea.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marathons
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Danielle Cendejas, a political strategist with experience helping politicians with Bay Area races, told this news organization that both Wahab and Hernandez will have to sharpen their communication with voters through the next two elections.
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Democratic socialist candidates won key races in New York, while more establishment candidates prevailed in other contests.
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Erica Fox was a swimmer and triathlete who had done two half-Ironmans and numerous other triathlons and who for almost 20 years did an annual triathlon called Escape From Alcatraz, her father said.
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Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Roriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O'Hearn had three hits to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday night.
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The Twins’ bats answered in their half of the second, with four hits and three runs.
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“Marathons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marathons. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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