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gymnasium

[jim-nay-zee-uhm] / dʒɪmˈneɪ zi əm /


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Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"There is a risk that the fire could reach homes, but we are deploying all available resources to protect them," he said, with a nearby gymnasium opened to accommodate those evacuating their homes.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

"I felt very ill because I have asthma. I started coughing and I threw up," she told AFP at a gymnasium in the northern Madrid suburb of Alcobendas.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

During the 1950s and 1960s, the team reconstructed a monumental bath gymnasium complex and the largest synagogue in the ancient world.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

Finny sat down on a bench, struggled out of his sheep- lined winter coat, and took a deep breath of gymnasium air.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

They might serve as rigorous gymnasia for the political imagination.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2014

As recently as 2006, the state's prisons held twice as many prisoners as they were meant to house, and inmate bunks were stacked in gymnasia and day rooms along with regular cells.

From Reuters ● Oct. 15, 2013

Since dissection was forbidden by their religion, they carefully watched athletes in the gymnasia.

From Time Magazine Archive

A lot of people see the "Y" only as a chain of economical young men's hotels, a place of gymnasia, swimming pools and evening classes.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are two gymnasia, schools of marine engineering, navigation, wood-carving and agriculture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

This is why the sight of empty seats in high school gymnasiums and muted cable coverage that tell a less flattering story cuts so deeply.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Emergency shelters were set up in schools and gymnasiums in southwestern France for tourists and residents left wondering what they would return to.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

What calls to mind phys ed and school gymnasiums more palpably than dodgeball?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

Caucusing begins at 7 p.m. local time in school gymnasiums, community centers and churches as brutal cold and snow in Iowa could affect turnout.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

Auditoriums or gymnasiums all lighted up, the band’s chartered bus outside, the dressed-up, excited, local dancers pouring in.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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