Olympic Games
plural noun
1
: an ancient Panhellenic festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor's prize a crown of wild olive
2
: a modified revival of the ancient Olympic Games consisting of international athletic contests that are held at separate winter and summer gatherings at four year intervals
called also
Olym*pics\
ə-ˈlim-piks 
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The new space is in The Spiral Tower in Hudson Yards, an area redeveloped as part of New York City's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games on the site of a former rail yard.
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Months earlier, members of a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September attacked Israeli citizens on German soil at the 1972 Olympic Games.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic Games is steadily pushing toward its $2.5 billion domestic sponsorship goal.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
Once a pivotal railway stop, later the site of world-stage events, like the 1996 Olympic Games, and most recently, a filming epicenter, Conyers has blossomed into a buzzing destination, drawing visitors from across the globe.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 20 May 2025
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Months earlier, members of a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September attacked Israeli citizens on German soil at the 1972 Olympic Games.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic Games is steadily pushing toward its $2.5 billion domestic sponsorship goal.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
Once a pivotal railway stop, later the site of world-stage events, like the 1996 Olympic Games, and most recently, a filming epicenter, Conyers has blossomed into a buzzing destination, drawing visitors from across the globe.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 20 May 2025
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“Olympic Games.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Olympic%20Games. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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