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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 long-sleeve polo is the ultimate loungewear essential.
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Elordi's Nate Jacobs is making burgers at home in a polo, while Demie's Maddy Perez poses for a snap, and Sweeney's Cassie Howard holds a dripping ice cream cone.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Everett Blunck, also tremendous in this year’s Griffin in Summer, stars as Ben, a 12-year-old boy who encounters sadistic hazing at an all-boys water-polo camp.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The back of the watch is prime real-estate at Jaeger LeCoultre, best known for a model called the Reverso — originally made for polo players, who needed the watch to be protected during competition.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Elordi's Nate Jacobs is making burgers at home in a polo, while Demie's Maddy Perez poses for a snap, and Sweeney's Cassie Howard holds a dripping ice cream cone.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Everett Blunck, also tremendous in this year’s Griffin in Summer, stars as Ben, a 12-year-old boy who encounters sadistic hazing at an all-boys water-polo camp.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The back of the watch is prime real-estate at Jaeger LeCoultre, best known for a model called the Reverso — originally made for polo players, who needed the watch to be protected during competition.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polo. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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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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