How to Use Olympic in a Sentence
Olympic
adjective- She won an Olympic medal in diving.
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But who should take home the gold in this Olympic year?
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 Aug. 2024
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Squash and flag football will be part of the Olympic sports list in four years’ time.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tori Bowie, an Olympic track star, died last month at age 32.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 June 2023
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Paris has been a long time coming for Gauff who’s had her sights set on the Olympic stage for the past three years.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
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The former track star is the son of Festus and Faith, two Olympic track stars from Nigeria.
—Kristi Scales, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
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Biathlon is the only Winter Olympic sport in which the United States has not won a medal.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
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Good luck to Ryan at both the Olympic trials and his sophomore swim season.
—Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
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On a train ride home, a boy recognized the Olympic athlete and asked for a photo.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
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The big brands gravitate toward the Olympic stars, both on the field and on social media.
—Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
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And on that weekend night in April 1984, the Olympic basketball hopefuls crashed a prom.
—Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
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The next city in line gets to send its people to study every part of the Olympic operation.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
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The one Olympic improvement locals welcome is a new bridge that will connect to the beach in front of Chopes.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2023
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Mountain biking was added as an Olympic sport for men and women in 1996 at the Games in Atlanta.
—Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
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Rooms in many of the best hotels have already been snapped up by Olympic partners and other VIPs.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2023
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In the summer, clay tennis courts and an Olympic sized pool are filled with travelers who shy away from the flashy Ibiza scene.
—Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 3 Sep. 2023
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Artistic and Olympic feats have been bound together since the dawn of the modern games in the late 19th century.
—Christian House, CNN, 23 July 2024
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Hayes, an Olympic gold medalist sprinter, was drafted in the seventh round by the Cowboys in 1964.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
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Maybe those friends had Olympic size pools and guest houses to hang out in—but the comfort and ease of my husband's childhood home were more of a draw.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2023
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The above ground pools have been used in the U.S. Olympic trials in recent years because they can be installed anywhere.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
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In 2002, Hughes won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating in what has been dubbed one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport.
—Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 17 May 2023
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Where the idea of eating for sustenance turns your Olympic stomach?
—Peter Chakerian, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
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Flipping the piece over reveals the Olympic flame which symbolizes peace, friendship, and hope.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 July 2023
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This was Ledecky’s fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Three years after her bid to make the 2020 Olympic team ended with an injury, Blakely is peaking at the right time.
—CBS News, 2 June 2024
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So should Olympic sports in college, because there’s not a huge market or appetite to bet those sports.
—C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2023
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Djokovic made no secret of his desire for an Olympic gold, as a career capstone.
—Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024
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The online discourse stormed up again earlier this week when the Fever rookie was left off of the Olympic roster.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
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The Olympic swimmer said the wedding colors were blue and green, which happen to be both of their birthstone colors.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
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Some would call this hubris, others the swagger of a top athlete entering his prime in an Olympic year.
—Amanda Davies, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
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