marathon

Example Sentences

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His other daughters, Emily and Harriet, will be running their first marathon in London alongside their father.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

In early December, Chad Vander Veen ran a marathon beneath a ceiling of unbroken fog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

There are the guides that suggest one task a day for 30 days; the ones that stretch the process across four weekends; the ones that amount to a 16-hour cleaning marathon.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

It is the time of the marathon when you just want to be done, Bragiel added.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

She gestured at Jule’s digital readout “Like, for a marathon or something?”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart