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Recent Examples of triathlon
By February, Stoeffler was cleared by Neely to start running, swimming and biking again for the triathlon that was three months away.
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Her home was filled with triathlon medals, including awards from the famed Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Ramona High School senior Isabella Accardi has committed to Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, as an athlete on the women’s triathlon team.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Though the friend and Kocher muscled through the bumpy quarter mile, Beckley refused for the sake of his brand new expensive triathlon bike.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Her home was filled with triathlon medals, including awards from the famed Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Ramona High School senior Isabella Accardi has committed to Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, as an athlete on the women’s triathlon team.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Though the friend and Kocher muscled through the bumpy quarter mile, Beckley refused for the sake of his brand new expensive triathlon bike.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlon
Noun
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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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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 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
Noun
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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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But Kansas coach Brandon Schneider has indicated the team could continue playing in an alternate postseason tournament, such as the WBIT or WNIT.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Friday’s game also comes with some significant stakes for the Heat and Hornets, with both teams hoping to make the playoffs without needing to take part in the play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Giants wide receiver and the heptathlon world champion first went public with their relationship in November 2024, when Hall included a photo of them hugging in an Instagram carousel.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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At the Great Southwest Classic in 2018, Hall’s club coach was with her in Albuquerque as the 17-year-old Valor Christian senior-to-be shattered the high school national record in the heptathlon.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
28 Sep. 2025
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As job cuts pile up, Tinner is up against intense competition in a job market flooded with talent from the top companies in tech.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The launch comes as competition in China’s electric vehicle market intensifies, and manufacturers search for new technologies to attract buyers.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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So as Miami tries to claim one of the East’s top six spots to automatically qualify for the playoffs without needing to be in the play-in tourney, the Heat’s young players will have an opportunity to play in games with some stakes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Evans, a state champ in 1975, is vying for its 10th state tourney berth — and third in a row for coach Lonza Morgan.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Tigers erased an 11-point halftime deficit in the third quarter, knotting the contest at 33-33 before running out of gas — just as Bama was mashing the pedal to the floor.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Voters went to the polls Tuesday in this year’s primaries to select Democratic and Republican nominees for each contest.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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