foul trouble
noun
sports
: the state of having committed several fouls : the state of being close to fouling out
a basketball player in foul trouble
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Reid was in foul trouble most of the game, a night when the Wolves could not afford that to happen with Gobert out.
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Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Forward Layla Dixon scored 12 for Carondelet despite being in foul trouble.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
As his teammates struggled – some in foul trouble, others injured or in a slump – McNeeley plugged the holes and accounted for more than half of the team’s points with 38 and 10 rebounds in the 70-66 victory, UConn’s first-ever in Omaha.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Scotty getting in foul trouble forced us to get into our bench.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Forward Layla Dixon scored 12 for Carondelet despite being in foul trouble.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
As his teammates struggled – some in foul trouble, others injured or in a slump – McNeeley plugged the holes and accounted for more than half of the team’s points with 38 and 10 rebounds in the 70-66 victory, UConn’s first-ever in Omaha.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Scotty getting in foul trouble forced us to get into our bench.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Foul trouble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20trouble. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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