foul play
Example Sentences
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As with serious foul play, referees have a checklist they go through when assessing a possible elbow.
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In neither case did security officials find signs of foul play.
On the other hand, missing acts of foul play will also be latched on by coaches and supporters.
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Rule 77 states team staff "shall, at all times, act in the best interests of association football" and prohibits the use of violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.
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With the player in the sin-bin for 10 minutes the TMO would decide if the foul play warrants being upgraded to a red card, in which case the player would not return to the pitch.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
