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A hot novax summer
The influence of sport and Covid on Australian language
by Amanda Laugesen •
Novak Djokovic in a face mask during the ATP Finals in London (photograph by John Walton/Alamy)
The Australian summer was once again a story of Covid. Just as things were slowly reaching a state of ‘Covid-normal’, Omicron came along to present us with new, decidedly unwelcome, challenges. Despite Omicron, our summer did not pass by without one of its most defining features: sport. Many events went ahead as planned, not least the Australian Open tennis tournament.
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