as in long
lasting for a considerable time
a marathon study session the night before the exam
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Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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This season has been trying for them due to all the injuries but the NBA season is a marathon, not a sprint.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Marathon news conference The Russian president gave his marathon year-end news conference on Thursday.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
One week later, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, MTV will ring in the new year with an all-day marathon.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 17 Dec. 2024
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To quote the late great Nipsey Hussle, DEI practitioners must always remember that the [DEI] marathon continues.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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This season has been trying for them due to all the injuries but the NBA season is a marathon, not a sprint.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Marathon news conference The Russian president gave his marathon year-end news conference on Thursday.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
One week later, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, MTV will ring in the new year with an all-day marathon.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 17 Dec. 2024
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The intrigue: Large power users in the U.S. are also increasingly interested in off-grid solar and battery projects, driven by the long queues for grid power.Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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At the finish line of the 2015 Western States Endurance Run, arguably the most famous and most prestigious American ultramarathon, the crowd suddenly became energized.Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
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By being both an emergency room doctor and an ultramarathon runner, La Jolla resident Russ Reinbolt sees himself as being in a position to inspire.Ashley Mackin-Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
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The lengthy clip also touched on the rapper’s experience with suicidal thoughts, his relationship with God, and the uptick in success he’s experienced in his musical career.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Per data from Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, Coinbase stock is within one standard deviation of its 80-day moving average, after spending a lengthy amount of time above this trendline.Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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By addressing diverse needs across race, gender and abilities, interactive education tools can foster collaboration and transparency.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The state is trying to reinvigorate its signature race, the Preakness Stakes, with a weeks-long festival announced in December by Gov. Wes Moore and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
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Who's winning the AI race Competition in AI is less a single race than a triathlon: There's a face-off to develop the most advanced generative AI foundation models; a battle to win customers by making AI useful; and a struggle to build costly infrastructure that makes the first two goals possible.Ina Fried, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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And as a veteran triathlon journalist, Culp has particularly good access and insights into that world.Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
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Two male coaches and a former men's biathlon team member confirmed the culture of misogyny described by the women, who reported facing retaliation after speaking out.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, the Games traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany and will head to both Vancouver and Whistler, Canada from Feb. 8 to 16, 2025 — the first time winter sports like alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling will be introduced to the Games.Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The game is a six-legged pentathlon that takes place on a rainbow track.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Grenada: The island nation in the eastern Caribbean needed just six athletes to win a medal, taking bronze in the men’s decathlon for an average of 0.1667 medals per athlete.Mark Puleo and John Bradford, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Marathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marathon. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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