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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Eighty minutes in, yellow card already in his pocket and a one-game suspension already looming, Wilfried Zaha collected a Pep Biel pass in stride and buried it into the far corner.
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Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026
Marcus Rashford equalized in the 42nd, and Atletico went a man down in first-half stoppage time when Nico González was sent off for a second yellow card.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Originally a yellow card, VAR upgraded it to red after the replay showed Travis connecting studs to Edwards’s ankle and stepping down — a textbook straight red card.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
The match turned back in the Bulls favor in the 65th minute when a hard foul in the box on Jeus Rodriguez drew a yellow card for Angel Calix.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
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Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026
Marcus Rashford equalized in the 42nd, and Atletico went a man down in first-half stoppage time when Nico González was sent off for a second yellow card.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Originally a yellow card, VAR upgraded it to red after the replay showed Travis connecting studs to Edwards’s ankle and stepping down — a textbook straight red card.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
The match turned back in the Bulls favor in the 65th minute when a hard foul in the box on Jeus Rodriguez drew a yellow card for Angel Calix.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Yellow card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20card. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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