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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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The Wolves were fortunate to only trail 62-60 at the break, thanks to a 19-point half from Julius Randle and a couple of key triples in the final minutes of the half from Edwards to stem the tide.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
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After Merrill’s triple led off the bottom of the eighth and Bogaerts drove him in with a sacrifice fly, Robert Suarez embarked on arguably his worst outing since his first one in the major leagues back in 2022.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The trio has since reunited and has had a successful run of arena shows and festival appearances, including Glastonbury 2024.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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The Truist Championship will tee off on Thursday at 11:09 a.m. Eastern Time, with players grouped in trios and teeing off from the first and tenth tees, in an attempt to avoid the inclement weather forecast for the area.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 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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Watermelon boasts a triad of flavors—bitter, sweet, and sour.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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Auspicious or malignant, when there’s a triad, people pay attention.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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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 22 May. 2025.
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