How to Use the Olympics in a Sentence

the Olympics

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• For the Olympics, Paris added 34 miles of new routes in just over two years.
  — Micheline Maynard, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• Just one team from the six-team field will advance to the Olympics.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
• The pub was filled with people from around the world who were in town for the Olympics.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
• And what are the next steps toward getting to the Olympics?
  — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2015
• As with the Olympics, the show exists to be enjoyed by the folks at home.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024
• Will the city get rid of them before the Olympics next summer?
  — CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
• But the Olympics are on the horizon, so maybe there will be a resurgence.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• Going out and winning a bronze medal in the Olympics is hard.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
• The locals have seen the changes that ski-town success, the Olympics and Sundance have brought.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• The Los Angeles Games will not be the first time lacrosse has appeared at the Olympics.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• But neither his dad, nor his siblings, played in the Olympics.
  — Tim Reynolds, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2024
• Steffens said Friday from Paris, where the team is on a training trip ahead of the Olympics.
  — Jay Cohen, Fortune, 10 May 2024
• And flag football was recently added to the Olympics for 2028.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2024
• Of the five, only squash and flag football have never been a part of the Olympics before.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
• The demand comes as Paris is battling a bed bug problem just nine months ahead of the Olympics.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2023
• But Swanson was dropped from the squad for the Olympics in Tokyo due to a lack of consistency.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Usain Bolt just set the hundred meter world record at the Olympics.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2023
• Derek emerged from prison in early 1996, as Atlanta prepared to host the Olympics.
  — Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• The city has been considered as a host for the Olympics several times.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• Even at the Olympics the temptation of long-distance runners to catch a lift once proved too much.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Ticket buyers had to enter the draw to access the first two rounds of sales, marking a first for the Olympics.
  — Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2023
• In the meantime, Villeneuve tells the Times that the top of the new spire will be complete by the time visitors arrive for the Olympics.
  — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
• As an Olympian, what would your training schedule look like leading up to the Olympics?
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2023
• The training facilities at the Olympics do not have a foam pit.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
• The Ontario native came in fourth place, and only the top two divers qualified for the Olympics.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
• In 1956, the Olympics were, among other things, an East-versus-West faceoff.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• Tim McCormick was born just five months before the Olympics in Australia.
  — Beth Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
• Archibald first won gold at the Olympics at Rio 2016 in the team pursuit competition.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
• There is pressure on Hill to pick a team that will win a fifth consecutive gold at the Olympics.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• The specific timing of some of the events might change, so check the schedule of events on the Olympics' Paralympics schedule webpage.
  — Molly Higgins, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024