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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The Maatsen challenge and subsequent failure to show a second yellow card were the only decisions where the panel unanimously deemed the VAR intervention outcome was incorrect. Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Rodman was later on the receiving end of a late tackle from Bay FC’s Maddie Moreau, who earned a yellow card. ABC News, 30 Aug. 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 12 Sep. 2026.

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