Both Uses
marathon
in
A Child Called It
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- Each day when I ran to and from school, I tried to run faster, pounding each step as if I were a marathon runner.†
Chpt 4 *marathon = a footrace of about 26 miles
- After I finished, I felt as though I had won the Olympic Marathon.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(marathon as in: ran her first marathon) a 26.2-mile footrace; or, more generally, any long and demanding activity requiring endurance
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)