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marathon

noun as in long-distance race

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"I'm a pretty fit person, I ran a marathon a year ago," he says.

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In her case it was a marathon revision session until 3am recently ahead of 10 hours in exam labs the following day.

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The family of a man who died after collapsing at the finish line of a half marathon has said he was the "best son and brother anyone could ask for".

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One family flew in from Seattle to celebrate their train-loving son’s 11th birthday, another from Atlanta and North Carolina for pre-Thanksgiving marathon sessions of Mexican Train Dominoes.

Racing into an early lead doesn’t guarantee anything—it’s a marathon not a sprint.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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