Summer Games

American

plural noun

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 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

IOC chief Kirsty Coventry, the former Zimbabwean swimmer and sports minister, met Vance for the first time before the ceremony to discuss preparations for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 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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