: a game in which players stand in a circle and try to hit opponents within the circle with a large inflated ball
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Events will tentatively include games of dodgeball, tic-tac-toe, a relay race, punt/catch, move the mountain and quarterback accuracy.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Skills events include dodgeball, tug-of-war, knitting, yodeling and cliff diving.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
In the match of legal dodgeball that the David Zaslav and Shari Redstone-run conglomerates have been hurling at each other the past few months, WBD are now moving to have Paramount’s partial motion to dismiss tossed out.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The company hosts weekly farm-to-table barbecues and an annual field day for staff to get outside and romp with kickball, dodgeball, ultimate Frisbee, and calisthenics.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Skills events include dodgeball, tug-of-war, knitting, yodeling and cliff diving.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
In the match of legal dodgeball that the David Zaslav and Shari Redstone-run conglomerates have been hurling at each other the past few months, WBD are now moving to have Paramount’s partial motion to dismiss tossed out.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The company hosts weekly farm-to-table barbecues and an annual field day for staff to get outside and romp with kickball, dodgeball, ultimate Frisbee, and calisthenics.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
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dodgeball
noun
dodge·ball
ˈdäj-ˌbȯl 
: a game in which players stand in a circle and try to hit other players within the circle with a large inflated ball
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