Example Sentences

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Their rise tracks closely to the shift in distance-running body types at the highest level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

Is the distance-running dominance of Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen inevitable?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

About 80% of untested athletes making the podium at those lucrative, high-profile races hailed from the distance-running superpowers of Kenya and Ethiopia.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2023

Other honourees include actor Ben Whishaw, documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, Olympic distance-running champion Mo Farah and "House of the Dragon" star Emma D'Arcy.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

But there’s surely many a distance-running enthusiast who hope she does go through with it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021