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Waitz

American  
[vahyts] / vaɪts /

noun

  1. Greta, 1953–2011, Norwegian distance runner.


Waitz British  
/ vaɪts /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His newest book is “The Long Run,” which discusses the 1970s running boom and is a narrative history of four who sparked the marathon boom: Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Grete Waitz.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

“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 Sep. 12, 2023

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

From Fox News Nov. 4, 2018

Terrebonne District Attorney Joe Waitz Jr. said in a recent interview he is concerned that many of the inmates released from prison Nov. 1 will end up back behind bars.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2018

Their authenticity has been met with considerable skepticism by Waitz and others, particularly as they seem to predict the arrival of the Christians from the East and the introduction of the worship of the cross.

From The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yucatan by Daniel Garrison Brinton

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