the Olympic Games
noun
formal
: a series of international athletic contests held in a different country once every four years
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When the Olympic Games were revived in 1896 in Athens, the first marathon race was held, celebrating Pheidippides’s legendary (and fatal) run from Marathon to Athens.
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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
Comcast has agreed to pay $7.75 billion for NBC and its affiliated properties to have broadcast rights to the Olympic Games between 2021 and 2032.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
Tom Chitty While Paris hosted the Olympic Games a few weeks ago, nearly 3,000 miles away, another sports tournament was taking place, not necessarily with the same prestige as the Olympics, but certainly with a bigger prize pool.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
Moncler Grenoble owes its name to the city that hosted the Olympic Games in 1968, when the brand was the French national ski team’s official supplier.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
Comcast has agreed to pay $7.75 billion for NBC and its affiliated properties to have broadcast rights to the Olympic Games between 2021 and 2032.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
Tom Chitty While Paris hosted the Olympic Games a few weeks ago, nearly 3,000 miles away, another sports tournament was taking place, not necessarily with the same prestige as the Olympics, but certainly with a bigger prize pool.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
Moncler Grenoble owes its name to the city that hosted the Olympic Games in 1968, when the brand was the French national ski team’s official supplier.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
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“The Olympic Games.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Olympic%20Games. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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