infraction

Example Sentences

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Yet images circulated online that seemed to show that granite being grazed by Canadian fingertips, and on Saturday the Swiss men’s team accused Canada of the same infraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Facing fourth down and four, the Chargers were one more stop away from winning when a neutral-zone infraction on Odafe Oweh gave the Eagles a new set of downs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

There was another Blanche infraction this week that is, in many ways, equally shocking, even if it’s not getting the kind of press traction that the Maxwell interview did.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025

Giving the attacking team an almost guaranteed goal for something can be a really minor infraction by the defender is wildly disproportionate.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Al Ulbrickson had a long-established policy that a single training infraction would drop a man two shells; a second infraction would lead to his expulsion from the squad.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown