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marathons

noun

plural of marathon

as in ultramarathons

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Recent Examples of marathons So far, she's run eight half marathons and one full marathon. — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 16 June 2026 As someone who has run 31 marathons, including all six of the original world marathon majors, Reed, 42, was no stranger to going the distance. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026 Taking that to half and full marathons around the world, the La Jolla resident has run in more than 105 marathon-level races, including the Boston Marathon (her 100th race) and the 2016 Pyongyang Half Marathon in North Korea. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025

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If the current odds in all those states hold, the Democrats would win 18 out of 35 races and shift the majority from 53-47 for the Republicans to 52-48 for the Democrats.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
In just 11 days, millions of Americans will head to the polls to vote on key local races and decide the fate of Congress.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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The team completed both runs and much of the data analysis in about four days, creating enormous datasets designed to help scientists investigate the universe’s earliest moments and interpret observations from major astronomical surveys.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The Guardians wouldn’t give up and had the go-ahead run at first base in the eighth when Kevin Kelly struck out Brayan Rocchio to leave the bases loaded after two runs scored.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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