triathlon

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Recent Examples of triathlon What to know: Jack's a triathlon runner, cancer survivor, and a co-founder of the popular Picnic app. Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Why should the average runner, cyclist, swimmer, try a triathlon? Outside Online, 13 Aug. 2025 That’s certainly a feeling that resonates with British double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee. Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 July 2025 If a triathlon or duathlon is too intense for you, watch from the sidelines and support the athletes who dare to take on such a challenge. Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for triathlon
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Noun
  • German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, who captured two gold medals at the 2018 Olympics, died in mountaineering accident in a remote range of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 30 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Rowe teaches advanced English classes and also coaches the academic decathlon team that competes in eight subjects, including literature and math.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The story of this tournament had been the clashes between fans and Team Europe’s stars, with McIlroy at the center of it.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • After the final match of the day concluded on the Bethpage Black golf course, the action headed over to the Frick Collection in Manhattan, where the luxury brand hosted an elegant gala dinner in honor of the tournament.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Only Anna Hall, who finished fifth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a better high school girls heptathlon score.
    Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • Hall walked away with another NCAA title in the heptathlon and a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In-competition features showcase emerging filmmakers from around the world, there to debut feature, documentary and short films.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Since premiering in 2005, Olympic athletes, TV stars, internet personalities and singers have stepped into the ballroom to participate in the ABC reality dance competition show.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If Mast can return to his 2023-24 form, the floor cannot be too low and the Huskers could be competing for a spot in the tourney.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Knueppel would end up being the tourney MVP and helping Duke get to the Final Four, where the Blue Devils lost to Houston after squandering a six-point lead in the final 35 seconds.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Irving is in his second season with the Buccaneers, who enter the contest at 3-1 after dropping their Week 4 tilt against the Philadelphia Eagles.
    Josh Buckhalter, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Team Europe won in what was a tighter contest than originally anticipated, but the conversations afterwards centered around the behavior of fans and competitors.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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