marathon

Definitions

1. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race
2. A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
3. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
4. Former name of Snickers (“chocolate bar brand”).
5. Any extended or sustained activity
6. A place name elsewhere in the world:
7. A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, northern Queensland, Australia.
8. Any extended or sustained activity.
   broadly, figuratively
9. To run a marathon
10. A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
11. To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting
12. A number of places in the United States:
13. A city in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
14. A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
15. A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
16. A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.
17. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
18. A census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas.
19. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Equivalents

Examples

“He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.”

“I learned from the marathon that to finish⟳ a race⟳ you simply keep⟳ running.”

“After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment⟳, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.”

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