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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Utah played the final 10 minutes of the match down a player after Tatumn Milazzo was shown her second yellow card. CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026 Things went from bad to worse four minutes later, when center back Christopher McVey received his second yellow card of the afternoon, resulting in a red. Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 That situation was only made more tense given three of Colorado’s four defenders had a yellow card and two of them had hard fouls that could have resulted in a sending-off. Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026 Christopher McVey was shown his second yellow card in the 89th minute and San Diego (3-0-2) played a man down the rest of the way. ABC News, 22 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.

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