marathon
Example Sentences
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“It’s a marathon sprint,” Andrew Rumbach, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Urban Institute, where he studies disaster response, told The Times in September.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite the marathon spectacle of the case, viewers have flocked to the documentary to learn more about the disgraced mogul.
"This season is a marathon, not a sprint. If you always use the same players, you will struggle with fitness and keeping them healthy."
From BBC
“The marathon of it, it’s harrowing. Harrowing, and stressful.”
From Los Angeles Times
Two thousand women and 3,000 men took part separately in the marathon on Kish Island off the southern coast of Iran.
From BBC
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