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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Sayin looked sharp enough in Ohio State’s spring game, but that tells us about as much as a game of flag football.
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Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 24 July 2025
The popularity of flag football is booming at the high school level and at small colleges.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Those scenes involve a restaurant, a flag football team, the airport, a museum, a soccer team and police officers.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
In girls flag football, Makena Cook of Orange Lutheran, injured during the girls’ soccer season, is expected back this fall to lead the defending Southern Section champion Lancers.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
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Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 24 July 2025
The popularity of flag football is booming at the high school level and at small colleges.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Those scenes involve a restaurant, a flag football team, the airport, a museum, a soccer team and police officers.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
In girls flag football, Makena Cook of Orange Lutheran, injured during the girls’ soccer season, is expected back this fall to lead the defending Southern Section champion Lancers.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
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“Flag football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag%20football. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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