three-peat
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of three-peat
Example Sentences
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And one aiming for the "three-peat" - that's three back-to-back gold medals - is the Team England Adaptive Abilities Advanced team.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
On this night, the mercenaries prevailed, in a pummeling so relentless and a silencing so rapid that a three-peat appeared all but inevitable: Dodgers 14, Blue Jays 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
We should thank Bill Plaschke for predicting that the aging Dodgers will NOT three-peat this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
But the first rule about three-peating is that you do not talk about three-peating, or as third baseman Max Muncy surmised: “The biggest challenge of a three-peat is not treating it like it’s a three-peat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
All year, people had been tweeting me, Three-peat, three-peat, three-peat.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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