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marathon

[mar-uh-thon, -thuhn] / ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən /
NOUN
long-distance race
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What I remember most clearly about “The Final Chamber” tour’s Seattle stop was the way the performance’s construction mimicked a back-in-the-day movie marathon.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Leveraging his old political connections, Burke won the right to run the city’s first marathon over two other bidders in 1984, after the City Council adopted a resolution to organize the race.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

In this case, that meant pulling from both algebraic number theory and discrete geometry, which have about as much in common as the marathon and pole vault.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

They then travelled to Ireland to start their marathon odyssey across the island the next day.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

I was maintaining a marathon schedule of press, radio, television, and public-speaking commitments.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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