the Olympic Games

noun

formal

: a series of international athletic contests held in a different country once every four years

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In the late nineteenth century, excavations in Greece combined with a social movement promoting physical education and increasing international cooperation fanned excitement over reinstituting the Olympic Games. —

Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024 The Salzburg Festival is like the Olympic Games and the World Cup of opera and classical music. —

Nora Taylor, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 In picking McDonnell, Bass is getting a seasoned veteran as the massive security challenges of the World Cup and the Olympic Games loom on the horizon. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 When the Olympic Games were revived in 1896 in Athens, the first marathon race was held, celebrating Pheidippides’s legendary (and fatal) run from Marathon to Athens. —

Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Olympic Games

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