paintball
noun
paint·ball
ˈpānt-ˌbȯl 
: a game in which two teams try to capture each other's flag while defending their own using compressed-air guns that shoot paint-filled pellets
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On a scorching Texas day in early July, more than a dozen Denver Broncos quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends and running backs arrived at a remote outpost near Dallas, split into teams and began lighting each other up with paintballs.
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Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
New this year are more light tunnels, animal areas, a lighted gingerbread house and a chance to keep the Grinch from stealing Christmas by shooting him with glowing paintballs.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Dec. 2024
From the world’s largest paintball to the exhilaration of the presence of Taylor Swift, Indianapolis saw the world through our photo staff’s lenses.
—Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2024
In 2016, an art collective known as MSCHF began creating provocative spectacles that spread online, including an interactive robot dog mounted with a paintball gun, and enormous red boots, seemingly modelled after the cartoon Astro Boy, which were sold as luxury fashion.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
New this year are more light tunnels, animal areas, a lighted gingerbread house and a chance to keep the Grinch from stealing Christmas by shooting him with glowing paintballs.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Dec. 2024
From the world’s largest paintball to the exhilaration of the presence of Taylor Swift, Indianapolis saw the world through our photo staff’s lenses.
—Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2024
In 2016, an art collective known as MSCHF began creating provocative spectacles that spread online, including an interactive robot dog mounted with a paintball gun, and enormous red boots, seemingly modelled after the cartoon Astro Boy, which were sold as luxury fashion.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Paintball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintball. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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