Summer Games
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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The Summer Games are close - there were 44.7% female athletes in Paris two years ago - but just 26.1% of the competitors in Milan-Cortina are women.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
The last Olympiad was the 2024 Summer Games in Rome.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026
According to an Oxford University study, the last three Summer Games cost $51 billion in 2022 dollars and exceeded budgets by 185%, not including infrastructure projects such as roads, railways and airports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Even before revelations about the emails, there were tensions between Wasserman and some Los Angeles politicians concerned that financial shortfalls in staging the $7-billion Summer Games will need to be covered by local taxpayers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
One day soon after the 2012 London Summer Games had actually transpired, I was out shopping with my friend Habiba in a department store at the shopping mall.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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