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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 menswear selection comprises lightweight, layerable pieces including corduroy and plaid jackets, denim-mix utility vests and cotton-linen or froissé shorts, styled with tonal or desert-inspired graphic T-shirts, polos, caps and wide-brim bucket hats.
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Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
Afterward, these may be used to make a wide array of formal or casual made-to-measure garments, ranging from suits to shirt jackets to polos.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
Kelce, though, is particularly fond of the polo and rugby shirts, which Hilfiger continues to send him, and has worn that gear on his New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce podcast multiple times.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That department is severing ties with those 14 club teams, which UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said also include men’s crew, cycling, equestrian, gymnastics, kickline, polo, running, sailing, ski, tap and woodsmen.
—Katie Servas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
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Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
Afterward, these may be used to make a wide array of formal or casual made-to-measure garments, ranging from suits to shirt jackets to polos.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
Kelce, though, is particularly fond of the polo and rugby shirts, which Hilfiger continues to send him, and has worn that gear on his New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce podcast multiple times.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That department is severing ties with those 14 club teams, which UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said also include men’s crew, cycling, equestrian, gymnastics, kickline, polo, running, sailing, ski, tap and woodsmen.
—Katie Servas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
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“Polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polo. Accessed 22 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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