touch football
noun
: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
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Kids were often outside on bikes and scooters and roller skates, playing tag or touch football, turning cartwheels on the lawns, being noisy.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
The Del Mar program, a touch football sport for girls, was inspired by the students, PE Coach Kyle Ghazanfari said.
—Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
The Del Mar program, a touch football sport for girls, was inspired by the students, PE Coach Kyle Ghazanfari said.
—Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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