water polo
nounDefinition of water polo
: a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball
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The incident, which took place last year, involved 10 members of the boys’ water polo team, the Daily Beast first reported. — Marcy Oster, sun-sentinel.com, "California school district re-opens investigation into video of students making Nazi salute," 21 Aug. 2019 The Glendale girls’ water polo team was the lone Nitros wintertime squad that qualified for the playoffs. — Vincent Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, "Looking Back: Girls’ lacrosse success highlights eventful year for Glendale," 14 Aug. 2019 The federal investigation, known as Operation Varsity Blues, found evidence that applicants manufactured or overstated accomplishments in soccer, tennis, water polo, pole vaulting and other sports in bids to get into prominent universities. — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, "U-Va.: ‘Prospect’ of gifts to school appeared to drive recruitment of student-athletes," 9 Aug. 2019 The championships include swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, artistic swimming and open water. — Christina Maxouris And Aj Davis, CNN, "South Korea nightclub collapse kills 2 and injures athletes competing at FINA championships," 27 July 2019 Also making it to the playoffs in the winter was Indians’ girls’ water polo, which placed third in the Pacific League. — Jeff Tully, Burbank Leader, "Looking back: Burroughs volleyball, soccer teams, golfers lead way in 2018-19," 26 July 2019 Wright was a team captain on Winter Park’s water polo, weightlifting, and swim teams while also performing over 500 hours of community service. — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Winter Park, Oviedo student-athletes elected to academic all-state team," 15 June 2018 The boys’ water polo team finished 8-17, 4-4 in the Pacific League for fourth place. — Charles Rich, Glendale News-Press, "Looking Back: Crescenta Valley registers multiple championships in 2018-19 season," 31 July 2019 One moment, Kaleigh Gilchrist was celebrating an unprecedented third straight world championship for the U.S. women’s water polo team. — Daily Pilot, "Newport Harbor High grad Kaleigh Gilchrist recalls balcony accident at world championships," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'water polo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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