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Summer Games

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plural noun

  1. Olympic Games held every fourth summer and including swimming, diving, track and field, boxing, and basketball.


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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 United States has dominated men’s basketball at the Summer Games, only once failing to win gold since NBA players were first allowed to compete, in 1992.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The last Olympiad was the 2024 Summer Games in Rome.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

The only athlete in Winter or Summer Games history with more Olympic titles than Klaebo is American swimmer Michael Phelps, who won 23 golds.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Next to going to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, doing college gymnastics was my most heartfelt dream.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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