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Recent Examples of triple crown
The party will be the evening before the 2025 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, and will include live music and a hat contest.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
The point is that the exigencies of the Preakness and its tough placement within the Triple Crown demands that the fresh horses be looked at freshly and that the Derby horses be thrown a little shade.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Ella Langley won the most awards with five total, while Alan Jackson received the inaugural ACM Lifetime Achievement Award and Keith Urban received the ACM Triple Crown Award.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 May 2025
Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: Big thinking in New Haven; save the Triple Crown and more
The University of New Haven is going global and the move to D-1 is part of the plan; a plea to save the Triple Crown.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
Each May, the eyes of the horse racing world turn to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
—Dawn Moore, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025
The horses have barely passed the finish line at Churchill Downs when many heads turn to the east, pointing to Baltimore, and start thinking about the Preakness, the second stop on racing’s Triple Crown.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
The next leg of US horse racing’s Triple Crown will take place at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 17, followed by the final race on June 7 at the Belmont Stakes.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
Derby winner Sovereignty ruins Triple Crown season: Sovereignty won a muddy Kentucky Derby at 7-1 but will not be entered in next week’s Preakness Stakes -- the fifth time since Justify won all three races in 2018 that the Preakness will run with no shot at a Triple Crown.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
The point is that the exigencies of the Preakness and its tough placement within the Triple Crown demands that the fresh horses be looked at freshly and that the Derby horses be thrown a little shade.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Ella Langley won the most awards with five total, while Alan Jackson received the inaugural ACM Lifetime Achievement Award and Keith Urban received the ACM Triple Crown Award.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 May 2025
Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: Big thinking in New Haven; save the Triple Crown and more
The University of New Haven is going global and the move to D-1 is part of the plan; a plea to save the Triple Crown.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
Each May, the eyes of the horse racing world turn to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
—Dawn Moore, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025
The horses have barely passed the finish line at Churchill Downs when many heads turn to the east, pointing to Baltimore, and start thinking about the Preakness, the second stop on racing’s Triple Crown.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
The next leg of US horse racing’s Triple Crown will take place at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 17, followed by the final race on June 7 at the Belmont Stakes.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
Derby winner Sovereignty ruins Triple Crown season: Sovereignty won a muddy Kentucky Derby at 7-1 but will not be entered in next week’s Preakness Stakes -- the fifth time since Justify won all three races in 2018 that the Preakness will run with no shot at a Triple Crown.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triple crown
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Palencia, sticking with his four-seam fastball, left one over the inner half of the plate that the lefty-hitting Sánchez pulled down the right field line for a two-run triple to hand the Cubs an 8-7 walk-off loss.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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In Game 2, Tyrese Haliburton missed a free throw but got the rebound and hit a triple to put the Pacers up one with seconds left to win the game.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Currently in early development, the film will retain the core dynamic of the iconic trio while exploring new genre territory.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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After revealing earlier this month that there were three top contenders for the most powerful creative job in British television, audio, and streaming, Deadline hears one of the trio is now not in the running.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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Maria Antonia is pregnant with triplets, a huge surprise given neither her family nor her husband’s has any history of twins.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Uh-oh, Allison Janney appears to be killing the triplets’ mom!—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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To build an effective conventional triad, the United States must invest in more submarines, bombers, and mobile launch vehicles.—
ANDREW S. LIM,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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For her part, teasing out the threads of how two of the dyads within Axel, Freya, and Taylor’s triad have led to tragedy leads Elsbeth to let go of how her relationship with Kaya used to work to make room for Kaya and Cameron to flourish as a couple.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sure, we’ve already been gifted a Doctor Odyssey threesome, but that only lasted a few seconds before the credits started to roll.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
1 May 2025
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Erika Jones and her two daughters, Gigi and Valentina, weren’t only changing residences but also making a fresh start in their family life as an independent threesome.—
Kyle Hoepner,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Schmidt formed a triumvirate with Page and Brin to make key decisions together.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Finally, the third and final build of Bilgin’s 263-foot superyacht series, Al Reem, completed the triumvirate, clearly engraving the boutique yacht builder’s status as a leader within the industry.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 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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However, in the third and final film of the trilogy, 2019's Rise of Skywalker, Kylo strives for redemption after killing his father and abandons the Kylo Ren identity.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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“Triple crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triple%20crown. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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