Olympic Games
plural noun
1
: an ancient Panhellenic festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor's prize a crown of wild olive
2
: a modified revival of the ancient Olympic Games consisting of international athletic contests that are held at separate winter and summer gatherings at four year intervals
called also
Olym*pics\
ə-ˈlim-piks 
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Without an Olympic Games or World Cup, 2025 is a year for the wider player pool to try out for Hayes’ rotation.
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Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
The main highlight of his amateur career was winning the gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The American players most prominently featured are, understandably, the old-head trio of Durant, Stephen Curry and LeBron James, who were arguably Team USA’s three best players in what likely was their final Olympic Games.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Fisher, who won two bronze medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, shattered the previous mark in the men’s 5,000m by almost six seconds in Friday’s race at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
The main highlight of his amateur career was winning the gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The American players most prominently featured are, understandably, the old-head trio of Durant, Stephen Curry and LeBron James, who were arguably Team USA’s three best players in what likely was their final Olympic Games.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Fisher, who won two bronze medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, shattered the previous mark in the men’s 5,000m by almost six seconds in Friday’s race at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Olympic Games.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Olympic%20Games. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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