Waitz
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Seven years later Norway’s Grete Waitz became the first woman to break 2:30 in the marathon, running 2:27.32 in New York, a time that would have been good for second in the elite men’s race in Chicago that same day.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead she was running in the wake of pioneers such as Kathrine Switzer, Bobbi Gibb and Waitz.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, when Samuelson beat Waitz in Los Angeles, running in prime time during a race that was beamed to television viewers around the world, “that was the game-changer,” Switzer, the first woman to run Boston as an official competitor, told Mertens.
From Los Angeles Times
“It has deflated like a balloon,” said Austrian MEP Thomas Waitz after a recent visit to Brazil.
From Reuters
“That caused much disappointment and reduced the excitement and the hopes for a quick finalization of the trade agreement with Mercosur,” Waitz said in an interview.
From Reuters
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