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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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Kit Leong/Shutterstock (right) 9. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April is great for: a meaningful marathon.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Feb. 2025
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Jim Doyle, 63 and from Ireland, stays active, and regularly takes part in cycling and running, including marathons and cross-country.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The revelation that the Y-Foil was designed not for triathlons but for the cobblestones of Europe was almost harder to believe than the whole George Plimpton thing.—
Eben Weiss,
Outside Online,
22 Nov. 2024
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Cycling routes from these triathlon events will also be rolled into the Rouvy platform — handy for those training for one of the 194 future triathlons currently listed on the Ironman website.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Context: Black and Latino families are fighting school inequality by filing lawsuits, challenging rigid school boundaries and pushing for more resources to poor districts, as previously reported by Axios' senior race and justice reporter Russell Contreras.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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Shiffrin, in just her third race back from an injury that kept her off the slopes for two months, was in third place after the first run but was 12th in the second run to finish 1.37 off the lead and just a blink off the bronze pace.—
Zack Pierce,
The Athletic,
15 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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As a Games legacy, future users will be able to experience biathlon without the safety risks and environmental impact associated with live fire ammunition.—
Elizabeth Stanton,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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