table tennis
noun
: a game resembling tennis that is played on a tabletop with wooden paddles and a small hollow plastic ball
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There, Huang’s skills caught the eye of Paddle Palace owner Lou Bochenski, whose daughter Judy was a table tennis champion and member of the U.S. national team.
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
China is so stacked in table tennis, Long didn’t even qualify for the singles events, which allows for two players per county.
—Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
But its handling of the table tennis competition suggests old expectations may persist, too.
—Adam Nagourney Lisa Lerer Hannah Beech Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Judo; diving; rhythmic, artistic and trampoline gymnastics; fencing; and table tennis are among a dozen that will be clustered in or near downtown Los Angeles, the most transit rich-pocket in Southern California, with multiple rail and bus lines converging.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
China is so stacked in table tennis, Long didn’t even qualify for the singles events, which allows for two players per county.
—Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
But its handling of the table tennis competition suggests old expectations may persist, too.
—Adam Nagourney Lisa Lerer Hannah Beech Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Judo; diving; rhythmic, artistic and trampoline gymnastics; fencing; and table tennis are among a dozen that will be clustered in or near downtown Los Angeles, the most transit rich-pocket in Southern California, with multiple rail and bus lines converging.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Table tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20tennis. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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