flag football
noun
: a variation of football in which a player must remove a flag attached to the ballcarrier's clothing to stop the play
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Canale, who is on campus as a long-term sub, is also the head flag football coach, the head track and field coach and an assistant soccer coach.
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
More girls are playing, and flag football is an Olympic sport
Flag football officially joined the International Olympic Committee’s lineup for the 2028 games in Los Angeles last October, roughly three months after a festival in Charlotte helped the sport continue gaining momentum.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024
One of its biggest successes on that front has been its youth flag football program that is now set for a major expansion.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
And flag football was recently added to the Olympics for 2028.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2024
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
More girls are playing, and flag football is an Olympic sport
Flag football officially joined the International Olympic Committee’s lineup for the 2028 games in Los Angeles last October, roughly three months after a festival in Charlotte helped the sport continue gaining momentum.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024
One of its biggest successes on that front has been its youth flag football program that is now set for a major expansion.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
And flag football was recently added to the Olympics for 2028.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for flag football
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“Flag football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag%20football. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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