treadmill

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The Dutch athlete, who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in a Games record time, sustained the injury when training on a treadmill six weeks ago.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The pattern holds whether scientists are testing how fast lizards run on a treadmill, measuring how sharks swim in the ocean, or tracking how quickly bacterial cells divide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

He explained that to younger people like his students, collecting and renting DVDs is a way “to be able to slow down and get off this hedonic treadmill of ‘where’s my next stimulus coming from.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The lawyer said these efforts enticed users to a "treadmill of continuous checking" for new content.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

She had been doing intervals for nearly an hour when a woman stepped onto the treadmill next to hers.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart