Triple Crown

[ trip-uhl kroun ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
a usually unofficial title held by someone who wins three major awards, achievements, or championships in the same year:
She's the youngest player to have won the league's pitching triple crown (wins, ERA, and strikeouts) two years in a row.

triple crown

RC Church the Pope's tiara
horse racing the winning of three important races in one season
See grand slam
often capitals rugby Union a victory by Scotland, England, Wales, or Ireland in all three games against the others in the annual Six (formerly, Five) Nations Championship Compare grand slam

As the wait for another Triple Crown champion continues, a question lingers.

Finishing the Triple Crown with the Belmont is like concluding a triathlon with a marathon.

Ligety fell short and Miller pulled off a Triple Crown, winning bronze, silver, and gold.

The news meant that the beleaguered sport would go at least 34 years without a Triple Crown winner.

Indeed she had married another coronet twice: there was a positive triple crown on her head like the Pope.

The triple crown of the popes is more commonly called the tiara.

Four shells flew up the long slope and burst among the iron rows that made a great triple crown for Malvern Hill.

Rodes's brigade alone could not wrest that triple crown from the hilltop—no, not if the men had been giants, sons of Anak!

A dense cloud overhung and shrouded the triple crown of Takhoma and made us rejoice at our timely descent.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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