Olympian

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Recent Examples of Olympian The shock grew when Hoskins later died of her injuries and police revealed that her husband, former Olympian and world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis, was behind the wheel. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024 Famed Olympian and media personality Caitlyn Jenner has teased running to fill the vacancy, while Politico reported Vice President Kamala Harris also has her eye on it. Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024 In second place was Olympian rugby player Ilona Maher and her partner Alan Bersten. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024 The Wicked actor, 72, says the memorable advice came when his wife, former Olympian rhythmic gymnast Emilie, 41, was pregnant with their older son Charlie, now 9. Eric Andersson, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Olympian 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Olympian
Adjective
  • The film revisits Puerto Rico’s utopian moment through the lens of rural filmmaking in the 1950s and 60s.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Lobo is an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
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  • And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Here's what the cosmos have in store for your zodiac sign this week, according to celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas Comments Get ready for a very busy cosmic week!
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This prior research suggested that this train line out of galaxies is powered by galactic outflows launching elements away at high speeds.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In Asimov’s trilogy, the Mule is eventually brought under control, stripped of his powers, and sent back to his own minor planet with the galactic order restored.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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  • Murphy is now closing in on 200 senior appearances for Newcastle which isn’t bad, all things considered, and the last blissful month has only served to reinforce an old truism that the best teams are not always formed of the players who glitter most.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Tech could make travel so much better, from headphones that block out noise on a loud bus, train or plane to e-readers for easy packing. Ahead, check out top tech gifts for travelers to make this holiday season and beyond as blissful as an empty TSA line.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • In Waves takes audiophiles through angelic soundscapes, club-ready tracks, joyful beats, driving bass, hypnotic toplines and more.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Even the actors got in on the night's theme, with Depp wearing angelic silver gown while the rest of the cast wearing all black or dark brown.
    Lawrence Yee, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • Imogene begins to doubt her own worthiness of portraying the virgin mother, depicted as a beatific figure in a painting in the church foyer.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2024
  • But Close gives her character a reassuring stillness and a beatific smile, which generally serve as a calming influence on Sophia.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
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  • His naïve younger brother, Gustavo (Eros de la Puente), finds a way to join him, and for a while the two enjoy a paradisiacal, summer-camp-like freedom.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • And although the country was under military dictatorship, the Paiva home, in walking distance of a paradisiacal beach, was something of a sanctuary.
    Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024

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“Olympian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Olympian. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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