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Recent Examples of ultramarathon
Satisfy wanted to build an ultra-durable pair of shorts that could withstand ultramarathons through desert brambles and snags or forests dense with deadfall.
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Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
Ratcliff is also involved in the America’s Cup sailing competition and has personally competed in ultramarathons.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The Baltimore artist and ultramarathon swam the 20-mile Catalina Channel off Southern California in 12 hours, 54 minutes, per her social media.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
Todd and Allison Barcelona, 57 and 55, respectively, had completed 20 ultramarathons together.
—Longreads, 9 July 2024
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Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
Ratcliff is also involved in the America’s Cup sailing competition and has personally competed in ultramarathons.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The Baltimore artist and ultramarathon swam the 20-mile Catalina Channel off Southern California in 12 hours, 54 minutes, per her social media.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
Todd and Allison Barcelona, 57 and 55, respectively, had completed 20 ultramarathons together.
—Longreads, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultramarathon
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The start of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, the longest sled dog marathon in the lower 48 states, had to be rescheduled from January to March due to lack of snow along the trail, after being cancelled in 2024.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Mike Coppola/Getty Images This awards season has been a marathon of Old Hollywood glamour for Selena Gomez, and the 2025 Oscars are no exception.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2025
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Her travel schedule for triathlon left very little time to train specifically for cycling.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
21 Nov. 2024
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Long Beach will host triathlon and marathon swimming.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
12 Aug. 2024
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Anyone who got thrown under the bus in the past year’s race to the bottom.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2025
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Wright referred there to the project conducted by scientists at Los Alamos during World War II to win the race with Germany to produce the first atomic bombs, a race the American scientists ultimately won.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Over 500 athletes from 23 nations came together to participate in the sports tournament, which added the new winter sports of alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling to its lineup for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The current edition of Invictus is the Games' seventh cycle, where the winter sports of alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling have been added to the roster (in addition to Invictus' core sports) for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Several new sports debuted at the 1904 Games, including boxing, freestyle wrestling, decathlon and a dumbbells event.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tom Holland's Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Ultramarathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultramarathon. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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