How to Use the Olympic Games in a Sentence

the Olympic Games

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  • The vote comes just 18 days before Paris hosts the Olympic Games.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
  • North Korea hasn't been part of the Olympic Games since 2012.
    — Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Breakdancing will be featured in the Olympic Games for the first time in 2024, in Paris.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2023
  • Paris will join London as the only cities to host three editions of the Olympic Games.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Not just reaching the Olympic Games, but getting first place.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The test was submitted six weeks before the Olympic Games.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The entire world turns its eyes to Paris this summer, as the French city prepares to host the Olympic Games for the first time in 100 years.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2024
  • Fashion folk treat Fashion Week like the Olympic Games.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Sevens was introduced to the Olympic Games in 2016, and Fiji’s men won the gold medal.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • At the time of Olympia’s splendor … the arts and literature joined with sport to ensure the greatness of the Olympic Games.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
  • With the Olympic Games three months away, nothing has yet been decided about who will open or close the event.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Bass, who spent part of the week in Paris examining preparations for the Olympic Games, has stayed out of the debate so far.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • That set is already open, and will be in use all summer to ease congestion during the Olympic Games.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 8 May 2024
  • Pierre de Coubertin successfully revived the Olympic Games in 1894, as a way to bring sports to the masses.
    — Anastasia Nisenbaum, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Few moments are more taut with emotion or more fraught with danger than the medal ceremonies at the Olympic Games.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
  • All shades of pink have been finding their way into homes, advertising, and even the Olympic Games.
    — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Moreover, Omega has served as the official timekeeper for the Olympic Games since 1932.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Olympic Games was the perfect case in point.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Antisemitic graffiti was spread across walls in Paris this summer, and at least two plots to disrupt the Olympic Games were foiled.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
  • With just two weeks to go before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, the clock is ticking for political clarity.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 July 2024
  • Both nations have diverse histories with the Olympic Games.
    — Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The new update comes on the heels of the company’s efforts to make traveling in Paris easier ahead of the Olympic Games there this summer.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
  • Another heritage brand that helps with this example is the Olympic Games.
    — Anastasia Nisenbaum, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • After meeting at college in 2017, the duo have been on a near-seven-year mission to represent their country at the Olympic Games.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But with the Paris Olympics less than a year away, fears that the blood-sucking insects could take a bite out of those attending the Olympic Games next summer have led to demands for action.
    — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • France’s panic over a potential scourge of bedbugs has been heightened by the looming prospect of Paris hosting the Olympic Games next summer.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Para canoes are basically the same as those used in the Olympic Games, but just have a wider bottom for greater stability.
    — Molly Higgins, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Women were first permitted to compete in track & field at the Olympic Games in 1928, and wore uniforms similar to male runners.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
  • They will also be expected to address staffing woes, at a time when the massive security challenges of the World Cup and the Olympic Games loom on the horizon.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • When Lyles collapsed, so did the credibility of those responsible for health at the Olympic Games.
    — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 9 Aug. 2024

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