pentathlon

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Recent Examples of pentathlon Athletes compete in traditional sports like archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon. Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025 Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 What are the similarities between (equestrian) dressage and artistic swimming and the 100-meter sprint and the pentathlon? Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 The game is a six-legged pentathlon that takes place on a rainbow track. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pentathlon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentathlon
Noun
  • Only Anna Hall, who finished fifth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a better high school girls heptathlon score.
    Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • So much so that during the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Hall decided to contest the heptathlon and 400-meter hurdles.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The decathlon has 10 events: 100, 400 and 1,500-meter runs, 110 hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, javelin and shot put.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
  • The decathlon will be contested Wednesday (100, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400) and Thursday (110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1,500).
    Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Belarusian competitors excel in biathlon and aerial skiing, and the two sports account for every medal but one that the nation has won at the Winter Games.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to the previous sports offered, this year's event will include alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to participating in triathlons, Sultan also built and flew model helicopters and played piano.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 17 July 2025
  • Before the music began, Watanabe paid tribute to Minnesota Orchestra viola player Ken Freed, who died on June 29 while running in a sprint triathlon.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The men’s tournament will begin on June 11, 2026 in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
    Pete Grathoff July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
  • The president’s attendance at the Club World Cup event comes just a year before the U.S. is set to co-host FIFA’s marquee tournament—the 2026 World Cup—along with Canada and Mexico.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Well before Jase Richardson signed his rookie-scale contract with the Magic this past week, was selected in the first round of the NBA draft last month and helped guide Michigan State to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tourney in March, his basketball career almost ended at the age of 16.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • For that game, Ticketmaster, FIFA’s official ticketing partner for the tourney, the least expensive tickets were $349 in December.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The annual festival features multiple bock beers from local craft breweries, a sausage cooking competition, live music, from local musicians, local vendors, and the highlight of the day, multiple heats of racing goat.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025
  • Shares of Apple have tumbled 14% this year, partly on concerns over its high exposure to tariff uncertainty and intensifying competition in smartphones and artificial intelligence sector.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 July 2025

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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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