Waitz

American

[vahyts] / vaɪts /

noun

Greta, 1953–2011, Norwegian distance runner.

Waitz British

/ vaɪts /

noun

Grete. 1953–2011, Norwegian long-distance runner and former marathon world champion

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Instead she was running in the wake of pioneers such as Kathrine Switzer, Bobbi Gibb and Waitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

“It has deflated like a balloon,” said Austrian MEP Thomas Waitz after a recent visit to Brazil.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

Keitany joined Grete Waitz as the only women to win the marathon four times.

From Fox News • Nov. 4, 2018

“We believe some reforms were valid concerns and felt like we wanted to work to reduce the incarceration rate,” Waitz said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Waitz says: "A correct philosophy of the world and of life is possible to a person only on the basis of a knowledge of one's self and of one's relation to surrounding nature."

From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by McMurry, Charles Alexander

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