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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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.
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Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
His challenge earned him a yellow card, but in some instances that foul would’ve drawn a red.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
Miami will be without Sergio Busquets, who is suspended for yellow card accumulation.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Referee Oshane Nation checked video replay and chose to give Ordaz a yellow card rather than a red.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
His challenge earned him a yellow card, but in some instances that foul would’ve drawn a red.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
Miami will be without Sergio Busquets, who is suspended for yellow card accumulation.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Referee Oshane Nation checked video replay and chose to give Ordaz a yellow card rather than a red.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Yellow card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20card. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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