professional foul
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The sides were evened up when replacement prop Corey Domachowski was shown a yellow card for a professional foul after Wales had been warned for persistent offending.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2023
Laporte was red-carded by referee Andre Marriner in first-half stoppage time when he committed a professional foul by bringing down Zaha 35 yards from the City goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
But a debatable handball against Lloyd Kelly allowed Ivan Toney to equalise with a nerveless penalty, and then Brentford alumnus Chris Mepham was sent off for a professional foul on Bryan Mbuemo.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2021
Paolo Garbisi’s kickoff went dead, and captain Luca Bigi was yellow-carded after seven minutes for a professional foul.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2021
Queensland fullback Corey Allan was sent to the sin-bin for a professional foul with three minutes to go for blocking Josh Addo-Carr’s path to the try line as the Blues’ flyer raced to score.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
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