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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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The video featured the Princess of Wales in a dress by Veronica Beard, and included Middleton’s family wearing button-down shirts, polo shorts, striped jumpers and more.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 July 2025
This similar Under Armour polo mixes lightweight performance fabric with a structured aesthetic.
—Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
But something isn’t right on the yacht or club or possibly polo grounds.
—John Kenney, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Tiger Woods left his 27-year partnership with Nike last year to launch golf apparel brand Sun Day Red, named after Woods’ tradition of wearing red polos and black pants on the Sunday of a PGA Tour event.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 July 2025
This similar Under Armour polo mixes lightweight performance fabric with a structured aesthetic.
—Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
But something isn’t right on the yacht or club or possibly polo grounds.
—John Kenney, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Tiger Woods left his 27-year partnership with Nike last year to launch golf apparel brand Sun Day Red, named after Woods’ tradition of wearing red polos and black pants on the Sunday of a PGA Tour event.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
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“Polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polo. Accessed 7 Aug. 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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