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marathon

/ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/ noun B2
  1. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
  2. Any extended or sustained activity. (figuratively) · He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

Plural marathons

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Simultaneous interpreting is a peculiar kind of exhaustion: you sit perfectly still for hours, yet by lunchtime your brain feels as though it has run a marathon.
An Interpreter's Diary, p. 1 · C2

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