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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Defender Lucas Bartlett picked up his second yellow card, leaving DC United a man down from the 68th minute on and New York (10-13-6) cut it to 2-1 three minutes later on Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's fifth goal. — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Freiburg took advantage of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich drawing to move top, snatching the win over Schalke with a late goal despite having Yuito Suzuki sent off for a second yellow card in the 64th. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Miller earned his first yellow card for arguing a foul called on midfielder Philip Mayaka. — Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026 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 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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