Olympics

Speech parts

1. Olympics - Noun

2. Olympics - Proper noun

Meaning

the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country

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Examples

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts. Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby. Jean Drapeau

After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job. Jesse Owens

The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads - in the end - to the best within us. Jesse Owens

I've been practicing. I bowled a 129, It was like special olympics or something. Barack Obama

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us. John Williams

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