water polo
noun
: a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball
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The season is starting for the winter season sports teams in Orange County — boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, girls water polo and boys and girls wrestling.
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Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Orange County Register, 17 Nov. 2024
Rapper Flavor Flav is also passionate about the U.S. women’s water polo team, and is actually financially sponsoring their Olympics journey.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Not just water polo, but track and field, gymnastics, the whole kit and kaboodle.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Choose from archery and water polo, the spa, or its 12 bars and restaurants.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
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Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Orange County Register, 17 Nov. 2024
Rapper Flavor Flav is also passionate about the U.S. women’s water polo team, and is actually financially sponsoring their Olympics journey.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Not just water polo, but track and field, gymnastics, the whole kit and kaboodle.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Choose from archery and water polo, the spa, or its 12 bars and restaurants.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Water polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20polo. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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