table tennis
noun
: a game resembling tennis that is played on a tabletop with wooden paddles and a small hollow plastic ball
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One of his most impressive sets is Lawrence’s table tennis club, which began with a real building Fisk used as a reference point.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
In the film, Chalamet plays a professional table tennis player who dreams of winning the 1952 world championship.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Just hours before the crash, Joshua and Ayodele posted clips on social media playing table tennis together.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Set primarily in Lower Manhattan in the 1950s, Marty Supreme follows Marty, at first a young and unibrowed shoe salesman, who will stop at nothing to pursue his dream of becoming a world-class table tennis player.
—Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
In the film, Chalamet plays a professional table tennis player who dreams of winning the 1952 world championship.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Just hours before the crash, Joshua and Ayodele posted clips on social media playing table tennis together.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Set primarily in Lower Manhattan in the 1950s, Marty Supreme follows Marty, at first a young and unibrowed shoe salesman, who will stop at nothing to pursue his dream of becoming a world-class table tennis player.
—Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Table tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20tennis. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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