athletic event
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In a study published in ACS ES&T Air, scientists monitored particulate matter during a large, multi-day athletic event in the United Kingdom.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026
Critics have also voiced concern that the quadrennial athletic event could displace low-income tenants, particularly those who live near Olympic venues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
The report found 141 searches for electronic communications of racial justice protesters, 1,600 Americans traveling to or returning from a foreign country, and 2,000 for information about people at an athletic event.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Thousands of students from Native American communities across Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas were traveling to Rapid City, South Dakota, for this week’s Lakota Nation Invitational, a high school athletic event.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
The first collegiate crew race in America—and in fact the first American intercollegiate athletic event of any kind—took place between Harvard and Yale in 1852, on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
