touch football
noun
: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
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Yet, as the most cherished season returns with the onset of training camps, no other sport can touch football in the South Florida sports market.
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Greg Cote
july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Months after undergoing surgery for fracturing his hand playing touch football, the musician is healing, PEOPLE has learned.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 11 July 2025
The club has long been associated with a style called ‘shoeshine and piano’, which in basic terms is ‘touch football’, similar to tiki-taka.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The two grew up playing wiffle ball and touch football in Akron, Ohio, but were a grade apart and didn’t form a band until after their brothers (who were close friends) urged them to jam together.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Greg Cote
july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Months after undergoing surgery for fracturing his hand playing touch football, the musician is healing, PEOPLE has learned.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 11 July 2025
The club has long been associated with a style called ‘shoeshine and piano’, which in basic terms is ‘touch football’, similar to tiki-taka.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The two grew up playing wiffle ball and touch football in Akron, Ohio, but were a grade apart and didn’t form a band until after their brothers (who were close friends) urged them to jam together.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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