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Recent Examples of triple crown
From the archives: Monday — On this date (May 19) in 1973, Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes, setting the stage for his Triple Crown triumph.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 May 2025
With El Camino Real’s boys team winning the City Section Open Division championship on Saturday after an upset over No. 1-seeded Venice, Lee has won City titles coaching El Camino Real’s boys, girls and beach volleyball teams, the Triple Crown of volleyball coaching.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Horse trainers weigh in on Triple Crown schedule
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The Triple Crown schedule has been the subject of debate and some of horse racing’s most visible trainers give their thoughts on if change is needed
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—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2025
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty did not compete in the second leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
The horse named Journalism burst through a crowd and came from behind to win the 150th Preakness Stakes Saturday in Baltimore, the second leg of the Triple Crown.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
That made this a fifth time in seven years that the Preakness, for various reasons, was contested without a Triple Crown bid at stake.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
Journalism prevailed for the sanctity of the Triple Crown.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
The party will be the evening before the 2025 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, and will include live music and a hat contest.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 May 2025
With El Camino Real’s boys team winning the City Section Open Division championship on Saturday after an upset over No. 1-seeded Venice, Lee has won City titles coaching El Camino Real’s boys, girls and beach volleyball teams, the Triple Crown of volleyball coaching.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Horse trainers weigh in on Triple Crown schedule
NBC Sports
The Triple Crown schedule has been the subject of debate and some of horse racing’s most visible trainers give their thoughts on if change is needed
Welcome to NBC Sports.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2025
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty did not compete in the second leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
The horse named Journalism burst through a crowd and came from behind to win the 150th Preakness Stakes Saturday in Baltimore, the second leg of the Triple Crown.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
That made this a fifth time in seven years that the Preakness, for various reasons, was contested without a Triple Crown bid at stake.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
Journalism prevailed for the sanctity of the Triple Crown.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
The party will be the evening before the 2025 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, and will include live music and a hat contest.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triple crown
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Palencia, sticking with his four-seam fastball, left one over the inner half of the plate that the lefty-hitting Sánchez pulled down the right field line for a two-run triple to hand the Cubs an 8-7 walk-off loss.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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In Game 2, Tyrese Haliburton missed a free throw but got the rebound and hit a triple to put the Pacers up one with seconds left to win the game.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Lady Gaga claims a trio of hits in the United Kingdom this week.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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After revealing earlier this month that there were three top contenders for the most powerful creative job in British television, audio, and streaming, Deadline hears one of the trio is now not in the running.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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Keely Walsh gave birth on Jan. 2 to triplets Aurora, Niara and Moana at Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, the government’s Department of Health said.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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There would be no one else on the plane but Musk, his three sons (triplets, then 13 years old) and two bodyguards, and me.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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To build an effective conventional triad, the United States must invest in more submarines, bombers, and mobile launch vehicles.—
ANDREW S. LIM,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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For her part, teasing out the threads of how two of the dyads within Axel, Freya, and Taylor’s triad have led to tragedy leads Elsbeth to let go of how her relationship with Kaya used to work to make room for Kaya and Cameron to flourish as a couple.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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The trio of Gillespie, Rice and graduate student small forward Selton Miguel combined to connect on 242 3-pointers, which ranked as the most by any threesome in the Big Ten this past season.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2025
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Sure, we’ve already been gifted a Doctor Odyssey threesome, but that only lasted a few seconds before the credits started to roll.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
1 May 2025
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Before the fourth quarter, Cleveland had a triumvirate of ballhandlers who just carved their way through the defense, ensuring every half-court possession had movement and flow.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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There are only 10 theatres worldwide that will have the triumvirate of an IMAX film projector, a 1.43:1 screen and an IMAX 70mm film print of the movie.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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In addition, Yates took on the Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts trilogy.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
27 May 2025
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The horror musical was an instant success and turned into a trilogy with Milo at the helm.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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