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 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
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
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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