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Marathi women's writing
Marathi women's writing (मराठी स्त्री लेखन) is literature by women in Marathi, Maharashtra's language, spanning medieval devotional verse, Tarabai Shinde's 1882 polemic, and post-1960 feminist writing.
Marathon
Marathon: 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards) road race, longest Olympic running event; invented for the 1896 Athens Games, first won by Spiridon Louis; men's record 2:00:35, women's 2:09:56.
Marathon (2026 video game)
Marathon (2026) is Bungie's sci-fi extraction shooter, published by Sony, released March 5, 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S for $39.99, set on Tau Ceti IV in 2893.
Marathon (video game)
Marathon (video game): Bungie's 1994 Macintosh FPS trilogy about the UESC Marathon and alien invasion, and its 2026 extraction-shooter revival set on Tau Ceti IV, released March 5, 2026.
Marathon (말아톤) (2005 film)
Marathon (말아톤) is a 2005 South Korean drama film directed by Chung Yoon-chul, starring Cho Seung-woo as an autistic young man who trains for a marathon with his mother and a reluctant coach.
Marathon Asset-Based Lending
Marathon Asset-Based Lending is a private credit fund series managed by Marathon Asset Management of New York, which has deployed over $30 billion in asset-based loans.
Marathon at the Summer Olympics
Marathon at the Summer Olympics: the 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd) road race, men's since 1896, women's since 1984. Olympic records 2:06:26 (Tola) and 2:22:55 (Hassan), both Paris 2024; distance set by the 1908 London course.
Marathon County
Marathon County, Wisconsin: county established 1850 from Portage County, seat Wausau, largest of Wisconsin's 72 counties by area, top dairy producer, 2020 population 138,013.
Marathon des Sables
Marathon des Sables, a multi-day ~250 km ultramarathon stage race in the Moroccan Sahara founded in 1986, run in food self-sufficiency with rationed water, 50°C heat, and formats from MDS 120 to Ultra.
Marathon Distressed Credit Fund, L.P.
Marathon Distressed Credit Fund, L.P. is a Delaware distressed-credit private fund formed in 2019 and managed by Marathon Asset Management, which closed it at about $2.5 billion in 2021.
Marathon Man (film)
Marathon Man (1976) is a John Schlesinger thriller written by William Goldman from his novel, starring Dustin Hoffman as runner Babe Levy versus Nazi dentist Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier), famous for the 'Is it safe?' torture scene and Olivier's Oscar-nominated supporting role.
Marathon Management Partners
Marathon Management Partners is a venture capital firm founded in January 2025 in the San Francisco Bay Area by former partners of Coatue, TCV, and NEA.
Marathon Oil
Marathon Oil Corporation, originally The Ohio Oil Company, was an American oil and gas producer founded in Lima, Ohio, in 1887 and acquired by ConocoPhillips in 2024.
Marathon Petroleum
Marathon Petroleum Corporation, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, is an American energy company spun off from Marathon Oil in June 2011 that operates 13 refineries with about 3.0 million barrels per day of capacity.
Marathon Secured Private Strategies
Marathon Secured Private Strategies is a series of closed-end asset-based lending funds managed by Marathon Asset Management, a New York credit manager, with the first fund formed in 2018.
Marathon world record progression
Marathon world record progression: ratified fastest times over 42.195 km. Men 2:00:35 Kiptum (Chicago 2023); women 2:09:56 Chepngetich (2024, mixed) and 2:15:50 Assefa (2025, women-only); Rule 260 course criteria, supershoe era.
Marathon, Greece
Marathon (Marathonas), Attica, Greece: coastal town 40 km northeast of Athens, site of the 490 BC battle, origin of the 42.195 km marathon race, home of the Soros mound, Marathon Dam and lake, and the Athens Authentic Marathon start.
Marathwada
Marathwada: eight-district semi-arid region of central Maharashtra, India (64,590 km²), formerly part of Hyderabad State; drought-prone, monsoon-dependent agriculture, Godavari river, Jayakwadi Dam, per capita income 60% of rest of Maharashtra.
Marattiaceae
Marattiaceae, the only living family of the fern order Marattiales, six tropical eusporangiate genera (Angiopteris, Christensenia, Danaea, Eupodium, Marattia, Ptisana), sister to leptosporangiate ferns, with a rich fossil record including the extinct Psaroniaceae stem group.
Maratus volans
Maratus volans, the peacock spider, is an Australian jumping spider from Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria whose males fan red, blue, and black abdominal flaps with vibratory signals during courtship; it does not fly despite its name.
MARAUDER
MARAUDER, or Project MARAUDER, was a 1990s US Air Force Research Laboratory project to develop a coaxial plasma railgun accelerating plasma rings with magnetic fields.
Marauder (vehicle)
The Marauder, or Paramount Marauder, is a South African mine-protected armored vehicle by Paramount Group, shown from 2007 and famed for its Top Gear appearance.
Marauders (2016 film)
Marauders is a 2016 American heist action thriller directed by Steven C. Miller, starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista, and Adrian Grenier; shot in Cincinnati, released by Lionsgate Premiere July 1, 2016.
Maravi
Maravi was a Chewa-speaking confederacy of kingdoms formed around 1480 west of Lake Malawi, peaking in the 17th century before fragmenting in the 18th; it gave Malawi its name.
Maravijayottunggavarman
Maravijayottunggavarman was a king of the Sailendra dynasty who ruled Srivijaya and Kataha in the early 11th century, completing the Chudamani Vihara Buddhist monastery at Nagapattinam in South India.
Maraviroc
Maraviroc (UK-427,857; Selzentry, Celsentri) is a CCR5 antagonist antiretroviral approved in 2007, used with other drugs against only CCR5-tropic HIV-1 after tropism testing; dosing varies with CYP3A interactions.
Marawah
Marawah is an island about 100 km west of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, whose Neolithic village MR11 was occupied from around 6000 to 4500 BC.
Marawi
Marawi (Islamic City of Marawi), capital of Lanao del Sur in BARMM, Philippines, on Lake Lanao; center of the Maranao people; site of the 2017 siege and ongoing Bangon Marawi rehabilitation and compensation programs.
Marbach-Schaaf neurodevelopmental syndrome
Marbach-Schaaf neurodevelopmental syndrome (MASNS, OMIM 619680), also called global developmental delay-hypotonia-high pain tolerance syndrome, is an ultra-rare autosomal dominant PRKAR1B-related disorder with developmental delay, autism, and pain insensitivity, distinct from Schaaf-Yang syndrome.
Marbella
Marbella, resort city and municipality in Malaga province, Andalusia, on the Costa del Sol; 173,420 registered residents in 2026, historic Muslim walled old town, Puerto Banus marina, luxury tourism, and Spain's highest housing purchase-effort ratio.