yellow card

noun

soccer
: a yellow card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player has broken the rules of the game and is being officially warned

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At one point, he was shown a yellow card for a late challenge on Peru’s goalkeeper, an incident that made opposition players protest in his face. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Miami’s Santiago Morales was shown a yellow card in the fourth minute of stoppage time and then a red about 2 minutes later. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Nicolas Jackson, on a yellow card, was hooked and Tammy Abraham took his place. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yellow card

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“Yellow card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20card. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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