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Recent Examples of triple crown
The son of Not This Time missed the Triple Crown with an ankle chip but looms the likely pacesetter.
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Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This is the sixth straight year a different horse won each of the Triple Crown races — the longest stretch since 1924-29.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
In fact, his fade gave off the air of a mental rather than a physical difficulty, reminiscent of last year, when his trainer Pletcher’s pulling him from the 2024 Triple Crown series after his 15th place showing in the Kentucky Derby.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Pegram is known for his association with Baffert and their near miss in the 1998 Triple Crown with Real Quiet.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
Spencer Ng, owner of Triple Crown, set up outside of his restaurant, which Ng said has been established for nearly 30 years.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
The defending champs paddled to victory at the first race of the 2025 Triple Crown season, New York's General Clinton Canoe Regatta, in May.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
The $1 million Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes takes center stage Saturday at Monmouth Park, and all eyes are on Journalism, the Preakness winner and the only horse in the field to have contested all three legs of the Triple Crown.
—Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
That means Judge could be on his way to a Triple Crown — and not just for the AL, but for the entire MLB.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This is the sixth straight year a different horse won each of the Triple Crown races — the longest stretch since 1924-29.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
In fact, his fade gave off the air of a mental rather than a physical difficulty, reminiscent of last year, when his trainer Pletcher’s pulling him from the 2024 Triple Crown series after his 15th place showing in the Kentucky Derby.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Pegram is known for his association with Baffert and their near miss in the 1998 Triple Crown with Real Quiet.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
Spencer Ng, owner of Triple Crown, set up outside of his restaurant, which Ng said has been established for nearly 30 years.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
The defending champs paddled to victory at the first race of the 2025 Triple Crown season, New York's General Clinton Canoe Regatta, in May.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
The $1 million Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes takes center stage Saturday at Monmouth Park, and all eyes are on Journalism, the Preakness winner and the only horse in the field to have contested all three legs of the Triple Crown.
—Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
That means Judge could be on his way to a Triple Crown — and not just for the AL, but for the entire MLB.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triple crown
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Punk rock guitar is well represented by The Queers, while ska-punk — where guitars battle trumpets and trombones — doesn’t get any bigger than a triple of Sublime, Bouncing Souls and The Interrupters.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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In the sixth inning, CJ Abrams hit a one-out triple and later scored after Bobby Witt Jr. dropped a pop-up in shallow center.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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Hell of a Holiday, but that doesn’t mean the trio of Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley, and Miranda Lambert are finished making music.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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That veteran trio helped comprise one of the best staffs in baseball this season.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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But eighteen years later, in a world transformed by climate change, her triplet daughters discover her apocalypse guide… and clues that their mother might still be alive.—
Natalie Zutter
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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Baryons are all built from triplets of even smaller particles called quarks.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
16 July 2025
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Peace through strength, of America’s nuclear triad intersecting land, air, sea with connectivity into space and cyberspace, is a military capability that Iran does not have and will never achieve.—
Brooke Taylor,
Boston Herald,
24 July 2025
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Quantum technology, in particular, forms one part of a new strategic triad, alongside AI and cyber resilience, that will determine global influence for decades.—
Markus Pflitsch,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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And then things get downright spicy — Mia suggests a threesome.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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So the pace slows down, allowing viewers to take in an extended gag involving Neeson and Anderson being watched by a thug via heat-seeking binoculars during a date, and a falling-in-love montage that turns into a stand-alone segment involving magical snow men, threesomes, and slasher horror.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Horror, golf, and a rabid online fanbase: the unholy triumvirate.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
23 June 2025
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The hologram will wax poetic about a triumvirate of players known as the Big Three: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
6 July 2024
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Still, the film still has a ways to go to beat Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard’s sequel trilogy, each of which grossed $1 billion globally.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While the stories were nothing to write home about, fans really appreciated how they were woven into the events of the original trilogy, expanding on iconic battles and off-camera events while also showing us the unseen side of the Galactic Civil War.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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