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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Recent profiles in the Daily Princetonian student newspaper and the alumni magazine recount his devotion to Christian faith groups, confrontations with liberal or anti-Iraq War protests and a paintball duel with the head of the College Democrats.
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
Richard loved football, paintball, roller skating and ice skating.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
Richard loved football, paintball, roller skating and ice skating.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Paintball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintball. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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