How to Use Olympic Games in a Sentence
Olympic Games
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And after that, maybe even the next summer Olympic Games in Paris?
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 7 Aug. 2023
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The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
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Located on the western side of the Peloponnese, Olympia was the site of the very first Olympic Games.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
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The 1952 Olympic Games were a symbolic watershed in the Cold War.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
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For the first time in Olympic history the same three athletes finished in the same three spots for two Olympic Games in a row.
—Alex Scott, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2021
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As if the past 12 months hasn’t been surreal enough, last year’s Olympic Games opened in Tokyo today.
—Rachel Garrahan, Vogue, 26 July 2021
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My future goals are definitely to make it to the next Olympic Games.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2023
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Also from Killion: A fond farewell to an Olympic Games like none before.
—Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2021
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Kahanamoku went on to earn three gold medals and two other medals during three Olympic Games.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
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The Seine was also used as an official venue for swimming events during the first Olympic Games in Paris in 1900.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
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The infestation is made more pressing due to the upcoming Olympic Games, set to take place in Paris next year.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
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The gymnastics portion of the 2024 Olympic Games has now concluded.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
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At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, French lactating parents will—finally—get just that.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
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What followed was a series of odd representations of each sport played in this year's Olympic Games.
—Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com, 26 July 2021
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Swimmer Dara Torres has won 12 medals in five different Olympic Games.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
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Shizuoka has swiftly risen to prominence as one of Japan’s top cycling hotspots—even serving as the proud venue for the road cycling events of the recent Summer Olympic Games.
—Jonny Bierman, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2024
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These Olympic Games will be more inclusive, younger, more urban and more sustainable.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
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It is widely considered to be the birthplace of mountaineering and hosted the first-ever Winter Olympic Games in 1924.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2023
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City leaders also have begun preparations for the 2028 Olympic Games.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
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For Costas, who has hosted a dozen Olympic Games over his career, the moment hit differently than any other.
—Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2021
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He has now been selected to represent the Netherlands in beach volleyball for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 27 June 2024
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For the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the city and event organizers plan to ban single-use plastic, according to Reuters.
—Anastasia Nisenbaum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2023
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If these kinds of controversies were a medal sport, most organizing committees for most Olympic Games would have long since won the gold.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
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For the first time during an Olympic Games, organizers said there will be a space dedicated to mental health.
—Pierre Bairin, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
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Olajuwon is just one of the many athletes and coaches with ties to Connecticut who have already been part of historic moments at these Olympic Games.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
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Rapinoe is only player to score on Olimpico (directly from a corner kick) in Olympic Games (2012).
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
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There was a fantastic moment to end the artistic gymnastics competition at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2024
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The technique dates back to the 1940s and has been deployed regularly around the world since to provide relief to regions parched by drought, clear skies ahead of Olympic Games, and give ski resorts an extra inch of snow.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
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As Paris prepares to host the upcoming Olympic Games, officials at the Louvre are taking a deep dive into the storied event’s beginnings.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
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Today, modern visitors just can’t resist lining up on that original starting block from the first Olympic Games in 776 BC.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
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