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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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Does this all just set up nicely for Alexander Zverev, the third seed who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Summer Games but whose specialty otherwise has been folding in major tournaments?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

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

So he has a goal for when the Summer Games come to Los Angeles in two years.

From Los Angeles Times • 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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