What, the Olympics are supposed to be about men and women playing mere games?

Love was a mere game instead of being a battle.

But he could not spare much time to worry about a mere game.

But the problem is a real one, not a mere intellectual game.

In the two seasons before his arrival, the team had won a mere 17 games.

How could she proceed with their bargain when it meant so much more to her than a mere game?

We play for far higher stakes than simply a mere game!

To suspend him for a mere five games at the beginning of next season is a joke.

They began last season with a 13-18 record, then went 71-60 the rest of the season, missing second place by a mere game.

The Mets are now a mere two games behind them.