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gymnasium

[jim-nay-zee-uhm] / dʒɪmˈneɪ zi əm /


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“It’s 108 out there. It’s good for us,” a Bishop Gorman coach told players 3 1/2 hours before kickoff during their pregame meal in a room on the second floor of their gymnasium complex.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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

Inside the Villaviciosa de Odon gymnasium, volunteers tried to keep children occupied with games and colouring activities, while others distributed meals after the evacuees had spent their first night sleeping on cots.

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

In short order they found the gymnasium by following the scent of gym shoes.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He had these records at his command; and he had the opportunity of observing the system of training and the treatment of injuries in the gymnasia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 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

After two homeless shelters flooded, the city of San Diego scrambled to transport people to public gymnasiums.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

I had heard about the spacious classrooms, the tall buildings, and the huge, well-equipped gymnasiums.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang


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