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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Around 60 people placed bets on Paqueta to receive a yellow card in one or all of the aforementioned matches, with the stakes ranging from £7 to £400.
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Allen went down with an apparent hamstring injury at the 19-minute mark, was replaced by Aviles, who one minute later was shown a yellow card for a bad foul.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
Defender Vitor Costa, after picking up a yellow card during a collision in the 30th minute, left the field on a stretcher in the 34th and was replaced by substitute Dave Romney.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Messi got a yellow card in stoppage time at the half, and Palmeiras kept him from scoring despite an attempt that went just high of the crossbar.
Palmeiras, which currently sits fourth in its league, had an early opportunity broken up by Inter Miami defender Marcelo Weigandt’s slide tackle.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Allen went down with an apparent hamstring injury at the 19-minute mark, was replaced by Aviles, who one minute later was shown a yellow card for a bad foul.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
Defender Vitor Costa, after picking up a yellow card during a collision in the 30th minute, left the field on a stretcher in the 34th and was replaced by substitute Dave Romney.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Messi got a yellow card in stoppage time at the half, and Palmeiras kept him from scoring despite an attempt that went just high of the crossbar.
Palmeiras, which currently sits fourth in its league, had an early opportunity broken up by Inter Miami defender Marcelo Weigandt’s slide tackle.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
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“Yellow card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20card. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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