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Paolo


Definition:

  • (n.) An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The conference was co-chaired by Kerry and his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, whose country has seen a major influx of refugees from the north African nation trying to reach Europe.
  • (2) 11.21pm GMT Tweets Jeremiah Tittle (@WWWJT) @LengelDavid @Paolo_Bandini @HunterFelt @GdnUSsports remove the wooden beam from your own eye before you remove the speck from the umpires'.
  • (3) The 30-year-old, whose airway had been so damaged by TB she was gasping for breath on the stairs, told Professor Paolo Macchiarini she had been dancing all night in a club in Ibiza.
  • (4) Lancelot Hogben (@LancelotHogben) @Paolo_Bandini @HunterFelt QB is still the key Paolo.
  • (5) Paolo Bandini (@Paolo_Bandini) So I guess this is how they're getting ready for the NFL Conference Championship games in Austria.
  • (6) Plus, my friends in Baltimore are quite happy for me to maintain my record of backing against them only to be proved wrong.... 9.49pm GMT More on the alligators... Paolo Bandini (@Paolo_Bandini) For what it's worth I've actually had alligator a couple of times this week.
  • (7) Updated at 4.18am GMT 1.36am GMT Thomas Quinn (@thomaspquinn) @Paolo_Bandini @LengelDavid I think his helmet will protect him somewhat January 20, 2014 It's worth mentioning that FOX tells us that's the longest run against the 49ers since Jim Harbaugh became coach.
  • (8) I won’t forget Dean Ashton’s overhead kick , Adrián’s goal or singing Paolo Di Canio’s name for the last time at this special stadium.
  • (9) Let me know at paolo.bandini.freelance@guardian.co.uk or on Twitter @Paolo_Bandini 7.28pm GMT Preamble Are we about to witness the birth of another of great footballing rivalry at Hampden Park?
  • (10) Paolo Di Canio, in entertaining fashion, made it sound more harmless than that, although the incident meant he did not get to bed until 2am.
  • (11) 4.52pm BST Full-time Southampton 1-1 Sunderland I expect Paolo Di Canio, despite his side conceding late in the game, will be satisfied.
  • (12) Richard Jefferson, @richbaggie WEST HAM UNITED Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dimitri Payet is ‘the best West Ham player since Paolo Di Canio’.
  • (13) @lengeldavid or by email at david.lengel.freelance@guardiannews.com Paolo's coverage of the exhausted Ravens and Broncos is over here.
  • (14) The Sunderland chief executive, Margaret Byrne, said: "It's been very disappointing to read some of the reaction to Paolo's appointment.
  • (15) Rome in The Great Beauty Released 2013, directed by Paolo Sorrentino Facebook Twitter Pinterest I can’t think of any city so drenched with infatuated love, and yet also a kind of disillusion and disenchantment, as the Rome of Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty .
  • (16) 6.16pm BST Paolo Bandini (@Paolo_Bandini) Viviano's a lifelong Fiorentina fan, who was well liked, so fact they didn't take option to keep him after last yr's loan says something September 2, 2013 Paolo Bandini (@Paolo_Bandini) Especially when you consider that Viviano's replacement at Fiorentina, Neto, hasn't looked that great.
  • (17) Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at CCS Insight said: "BT's latest results underline the phenomenal growth in broadband and especially demand for fibre and BT is the undisputed leader in the UK in this area.
  • (18) A glorious and memorable night for Aston Villa delivered their best performance of the season and an emphatic victory that gave their survival hopes a huge boost and brought Paolo Di Canio and Sunderland crashing down to earth.
  • (19) His decision to re-integrate Bardsley following a couple of serious disciplinary transgressions during Paolo Di Canio's tenure was rewarded by the full-back's second goal in two games.
  • (20) Teams Juventus: 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 21-Lilian Thuram, 2-Ciro Ferrara, 5-Igor Tudor, 4-Paolo Montero; 16-Mauro Camoranesi, 26-Edgar Davids, 3-Alessio Tacchinardi, 19-Gianluca Zambrotta; 10-Alessandro Del Piero, 17-David Trezeguet AC Milan: 12-Dida; 19-Alessandro Costacurta, 13-Alessandro Nesta, 3-Paolo Maldini, 4-Kakha Kaladze; 8-Gennaro Gattuso, 21-Andrea Pirlo, 20-Clarence Seedorf; 10-Rui Costa; 7-Andriy Shevchenko, 9-Filippo Inzaghi Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).

Polo


Definition:

  • (n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.
  • (n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That is a kind we have already been warned about — by Marco Polo in Italo Calvino’s deathless novel Invisible Cities .
  • (2) And if fancy hats and champers are more your scene, there's a free beach polo match here on 16 September, with public champagne bars and a barbecue.
  • (3) Officers were in low numbers and principally dressed in bright blue polo shirts emblazoned with “NYPD Community Affairs”.
  • (4) The real disgrace is the withdrawal of funding to mass participation, “local” sports such as basketball and water polo, which have the potential to do so much good in communities and cities across the country, in order to concentrate money on elite individuals who long ago ceased to be inspirational and now have a standing no higher than reality TV.
  • (5) He lost weight and took to polo in his late 40s with the enthusiasm of a man half his age, putting millions of pounds into the game in England, Australia and Argentina, and spending up to five months a year on the international polo circuit.
  • (6) Rake, married with four sons, keeps horses at his Oxfordshire home and has formed a polo team.
  • (7) He will hand control of the company, best known for its colourful polo shirts and preppy advertising campaigns, to a Gap executive in November.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mario Polo, of Boston Market, left, talks to job seekers Herby Joseph, right, and Kingsly Jose, center, at a job fair in Sunrise, Florida.
  • (9) Billboards and placards sprang up around Egypt, showing him not in his familiar uniform but in a tracksuit, polo shirt or smart suit, with a discreet prayer bruise – a mark cultivated by some devout men by pressing their foreheads hard to the ground during prayer – calculated to set housewives’ hearts aflutter.
  • (10) In a bid to increase sales, Ralph Lauren has added three new brands, including Polo for Women and Polo Sport, as well as expanded both its luxury business and online operations.
  • (11) In the past few years, they have drilled boreholes for polo and cricket pitches, stables, and people who want their own supplies.
  • (12) "My first job was packing Polos in a factory so I don't need anyone to tell me what it's like being a normal person on normal amounts of money."
  • (13) Papillomatous lesions intruding into the laryngeal airway were identified in an imported polo pony during a routine neurological examination for partial quadriplegia.
  • (14) Tight polo necks, worn as layers, and smart little denim jackets looked likely to be commercial hits.
  • (15) Embryos from homozygous polo females have aberrant mitotic spindles that are highly branched and have broad poles.
  • (16) He wanted to design ties that were bigger, better, glitzier, but the company was not interested so he set up on his own under the name Polo in 1967.
  • (17) He later developed synovitis, a rheumatoid condition of the tendon in the hand, after a polo fall.
  • (18) Serum samples obtained from 107 Polo horses showing clinical signs of viral respiratory disease were tested for precipitating antibodies to adenovirus by agar gel precipitation test and counter-immunoelectrophoresis method.
  • (19) What fun they all must have had in Kashmir, where polo was invented.
  • (20) The other disciplines to lose financial backing from the nation's high-performance sports agency were synchronised swimming, water polo, weightlifting, football for the visually impaired, goalball and wheelchair fencing, despite UK Sport having already spent almost £6m on these seven events since London 2012 in the belief that they were capable of challenging for medals.

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