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: a game played by teams of players on horseback using mallets with long flexible handles to drive a wooden ball through goalposts
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This will be your go-to polo for scramble tournaments.
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Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The event will celebrate its 25th year on the polo fields in Indio, this time with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G topping the lineup.
—Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
The Queen paired her green dress with a bold hat by Simone Mirman and white accessories for a polo match in Windsor in June 1973.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
The International Space Station, at least on the US operating side, adopted the later shuttle-era style of polo or rugby shirts coupled with slacks.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
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Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The event will celebrate its 25th year on the polo fields in Indio, this time with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G topping the lineup.
—Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
The Queen paired her green dress with a bold hat by Simone Mirman and white accessories for a polo match in Windsor in June 1973.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
The International Space Station, at least on the US operating side, adopted the later shuttle-era style of polo or rugby shirts coupled with slacks.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polo. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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polo
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po·lo
ˈpō-lō 
: a game played by teams of players on horseback using long-handled mallets to drive a wooden ball
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