triathlon

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for triathlon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlon
Noun
  • 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
  • At the biathlon, German Justus Strelow lost his bronze while celebrating with teammates.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
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
  • Thursday night probably won’t be one of those talked about on the Trojans’ tournament resume.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The second big night of high school boys hockey section tournament play again went very much according to seed.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • For the first time in four Winter Games, a Russian woman did not win gold in the singles competition.
    Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The global theatrical business has recovered faster, post-COVID, than the domestic market, and in most major international territories, there is still healthy competition, with multiple large and mid-sized buyers able to bid on buzz titles.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In eighth grade, she got dropped on her hip at a tourney in Bennett.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Miami needs to finish among the East’s top six teams to qualify for the playoffs without needing to take part in the play-in tourney.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Back-to-back 3-pointers got the Blazers going in the third quarter before Malek hit her first 3-pointer of the night, giving Sierra Canyon its first lead since being up 5-4 early in the contest.
    Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • It is believed only around 40 were ever printed, and they were given out as prizes for an illustration contest in the late 1990s.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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