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marathon

[mar-uh-thon, -thuhn] / ˈmær əˌθɒn, -θən /
NOUN
long-distance race
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Since then, Styles has kept a low profile - although he was spotted in Vatican City for the announcement of the new pope in May 2025, and ran a sub-three hour marathon in Berlin last September.

From BBC

“It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said the plasterer, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, was due to climb Yr Wyddfa twice in one day as part of his training for an ultra marathon the following weekend.

From BBC

Fans believe that all this activity points to Styles gearing up to announce his fourth album, after a brief detour into marathon running last year.

From BBC

While park runs, trail runs and marathons boom in popularity among the masses, cross-country appetite from the general public is almost entirely absent, likely influenced by those negative schoolday connotations.

From BBC