triple crown

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Recent Examples of triple crown The Preakness is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Horse Racing and will run May 17. — Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025 Known for his intense in-ring style and rivalries with the likes of Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi, Misawa captured the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship five times and the GHC Heavyweight Championship three times, solidifying his place as one of the greatest ever to lace up a pair of boots. — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 Mixed Masters Pro Doubles: Scott Moore & Beth Bellamy took the title, preventing Spearman from getting the Masters Triple Crown. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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  1. triple
  2. trio
  3. triplet
  4. triad
  5. threesome
  6. triumvirate
  7. trilogy
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  • More strong defense followed Rodón’s exit, as Jonathan Aranda tried stretching a double into a triple with Mark Leiter Jr. on the mound in the seventh.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Colton Vick, Freedom baseball: Vick had a bases-clearing triple in Freedom’s 7-2 win over Tesoro.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
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  • When faced with one of the better midfield trios in the land, Manchester United retreated into strange spurts of self-preservation.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Later on, Weekend Update featured a trio of guest appearances from Bowen Yang who resurrected his recurring Chinese trade minister Chen Biao, Emil Wakim and his notes on American patriotism and Sarah Sherman as Jost’s fictitious accountant Dawn Altman.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
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  • The triplet poked through its shell and was mostly visible just after 2 a.m. Saturday.
    — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • For Mandi and Daniel, life is complete with their children: Beckett (twin A), Benson (twin B), Bayler (triplet A), Kole (triplet B) and Boston (triplet C).
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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  • The pitch, written by Nick Bilton, focuses on a turbulent time on the island paradise when the aspiring mob boss battled elements like triads and U.S. military to wrest control.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Among the findings were rings made of gold and other metals, small gold amulets (including a triad statue of the ancient Egyptian deities Amun, Mut, and Khonsu) and amulets of deities as animals, a metallic brooch, and a variety of beads.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of triad
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  • After a week of toxic friendships, incestuous threesomes, suspicious billionaires, and lots and lots of monkeys, the guests have officially checked out of The White Lotus Thailand.
    — Meg Walters, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Still reeling over the memories of having a threesome with Chloe and his brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola) earlier in the trip, Saxon was approached by Chloe with another shocking proposal.
    — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of threesome
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  • Napoli’s dressing room is run by the Italian triumvirate of Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matteo Politano and Leonardo Spinazzola — their team-mates are not allowed to leave the dinner table until the three have given their permission — but McTominay’s signing was seen as a genuine coup.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Alt-comedy triumvirate John Early, Kate Berlant and Patti Harrison round out the cast, alongside Nik Dodani, Ayden Mayeri and Greta Titelman.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of triumvirate
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  • And Simon Kinberg, who wrote many of the X-Men movies, has signed on to do a trilogy for the franchise.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The trilogy fight between the two saw Shevchenko walk away from UFC 306 with the title back in her hands.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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