triathlon

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Recent Examples of triathlon What to know: Jack's a triathlon runner, cancer survivor, and a co-founder of the popular Picnic app. Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Why should the average runner, cyclist, swimmer, try a triathlon? Outside Online, 13 Aug. 2025 That’s certainly a feeling that resonates with British double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee. Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 July 2025 If a triathlon or duathlon is too intense for you, watch from the sidelines and support the athletes who dare to take on such a challenge. Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for triathlon
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Noun
  • German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, who captured two gold medals at the 2018 Olympics, died in mountaineering accident in a remote range of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 30 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Rowe teaches advanced English classes and also coaches the academic decathlon team that competes in eight subjects, including literature and math.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).
    Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • All eight of the previous Little League Classics have been held on that first Sunday of the tournament.
    Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The postseason tournament tips off on Sunday, September 14, at 1 pm ET, with games televised on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Sep. 2025
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
  • Hall walked away with another NCAA title in the heptathlon and a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In their last five meetings across all competitions, UANL Tigres has three wins, while Guadalajara has yet to claim a win, with two matches ending in draws.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Eurovision is a reality TV competition featuring single bands representing each participating country, with fans across Europe voting on their favorites.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scrappy Eastlake also finished a solid tourney tied for third following a 25-15, 25-21 loss to Bishop’s in the gold semifinals.
    Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • His inclusion in the tourney should in no way be translated as a negative in how the team views him.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Polls of job approval are routinely used by political strategists to assess the public's appetite for change and can affect fundraising, candidate recruitment and messaging heading into midterm contests.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Zandalasini will be playing in her fourth game since coming back from a calf injury that kept her sidelined for eight contests.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Triathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlon. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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