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Recent Examples of pentathlon
What are the similarities between (equestrian) dressage and artistic swimming and the 100-meter sprint and the pentathlon?
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
The game is a six-legged pentathlon that takes place on a rainbow track.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Athletes compete in traditional sports like archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
The game is a six-legged pentathlon that takes place on a rainbow track.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Athletes compete in traditional sports like archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentathlon
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Across the track, the Aggies also saw wins from its distance medley relay team and Blake Harris in the heptathlon and from Samuel Whitmarsh in the 800m. Whitmarsh earned his second straight SEC title, legging past Mississippi State’s Abdullah Hassan in 1:47.69.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Four years later, after competing in her second Olympics and winning two gold medals (in the long jump and the heptathlon), Joyner-Kersee fulfilled another dream by establishing the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
29 Jan. 2025
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Competing in Academics After the break, Whittemore went into his own personal experience, talking about studying for an academic decathlon where students would study all year.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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One such approach is Dr. Attia’s centenarian decathlon which is described here.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Belarusian competitors excel in biathlon and aerial skiing, and the two sports account for every medal but one that the nation has won at the Winter Games.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the previous sports offered, this year's event will include alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Now, people inside and outside Harvard are watching to see if Pritzker, an athlete who has frequently competed in triathlons, can outrun another round of fierce criticism.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
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Building on her marathon exploits during the previous stay on the ISS, Williams became the first person to complete a triathlon while in space.—
Sean Mowbray,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Calling Sturgis the tournament’s first American is a bit of an understatement, actually.—
Pablo Maurer,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Both the novel and movie chronicle the infamous 50th Hunger Games tournament that took place decades before the events of the original trilogy that starred Jennifer Lawrence as victor turned revolutionist Katniss Everdeen.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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But the two-time winner of this tourney is one of many big names who'll be at home watching current leader Jhonattan Vegas try to capture his first major this weekend.—
Gerrit Ritt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The event is the world's biggest music competition, watched by more than 160 million people across the world.—
John Revill,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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With only five returning players, even Clark said Indiana needed competition to learn more about areas of improvement.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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