flag football
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flag football
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Sierra Canyon will play its first girls’ flag football game this fall in the fourth year of the CIF-sanctioned sport.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026
Lagos points out that boys flag football participants would be different than 11-man.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
If boys flag football ever gets approved, Lagos said schools would have to choose between having an 11-man team or a flag team.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
For the second straight year, the City Section is allowing a pilot program of high schools forming a boys flag football league as its popularity grows.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
He felt it when he had to stop playing flag football because his body couldn’t take it.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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