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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Midfielder Telasco Segovia also will sit out due to yellow card accumulation.
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Michelle Kaufman
april 24, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Tomás celebrated shirtless, holding a corner flag aloft to the crowd, and shrugged off the inevitable yellow card.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Dunk’s blemishes against Liverpool were compounded by an unfortunate yellow card for time wasting in the closing stages when referee Darren England decided too long had been taken with Verbruggen over a goal kick.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
That was all the scoring for the match as the Quakes settled in defensively after losing Jonathan González to a second yellow card late in the first half.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Michelle Kaufman
april 24, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Tomás celebrated shirtless, holding a corner flag aloft to the crowd, and shrugged off the inevitable yellow card.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Dunk’s blemishes against Liverpool were compounded by an unfortunate yellow card for time wasting in the closing stages when referee Darren England decided too long had been taken with Verbruggen over a goal kick.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
That was all the scoring for the match as the Quakes settled in defensively after losing Jonathan González to a second yellow card late in the first half.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Yellow card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20card. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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