triathlon

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Recent Examples of triathlon Several streets around the Sacramento region will be blocked to traffic due to the Ironman California triathlon — with closures in place before, during and after the event. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated October 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025 The unnamed owner approached the Neils van Roij Design about not just restoring the vehicle but reimagining it so that it could be used to transport two triathlon bicycles. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025 To shopping editors, Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are the bi-annual triathlon of capitalism. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025 Located an hour from São Paulo in Porto Feliz, Boa Vista has hundreds of large homes and apartments, lush landscaping, four golf courses, three equestrian centers, a triathlon training center, three polo fields, spas and a wave pool for surfing. David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025 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
  • England play their last two World Cup qualifiers over the next eight days, against Serbia and Albania, but have already secured their place at the finals and preparations are underway for the tournament.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The team is third in its group and cannot finish first to qualify automatically for next year’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico, or even second to get into the playoffs.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
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
  • Starbucks has also come under intense competition from the surging popularity of tea drinks chains like Mixue Bingcheng, ChaGee and HeyTea.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Several banks lowered their price targets following the earnings report, pointing to increasing competition from larger social platforms like Instagram and TikTok and concerns over macro headwinds.
    Jaures Yip, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Aztecs defeated Colorado State 1-0 in their tourney opener.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That’s coach Ben McCollum and point guard Bennett Stirtz, the duo who led Drake to a 31-4 season in 2024-25, including an NCAA tourney win over Missouri.
    The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know More than 2 million New Yorkers voted in the race — the highest turnout for a mayoral contest in more than 50 years, according to the city’s Board of Elections.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Democrats routed the Republican Party from high-profile governors’ races to obscure local contests Tuesday, sweeping statewide races in Virginia and New Jersey while electing New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2025

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