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

Examples of flag football in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While the 2028 Los Angeles Games will feature several new sports—such as flag football, squash and obstacle racing—organizers have opted not to include breaking on the program. —

Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024 Five more new sports will be added to the Olympic program in LA – flag football, baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash. —

Issy Ronald, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024 Girls flag football, which made its debut in much of the state in 2023-24, now ranks as the gender’s the 11th-most popular sport, with 10,832 participants. —

Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024 The flag football format, in play for the second year in a row, had the NFC besting the AFC 64-59. —

Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flag football

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