goal line
noun
: a line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area on which a goal or goalpost is situated
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So Mittelstadt has worked the goal line, previously occupied by Brad Marchand.
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Included in that application was a diagram of an inside zone run and a screenshot of Wisconsin’s 2019 game against Michigan when the Badgers had seven offensive linemen and two tight ends lined up at the goal line in front of tailback Jonathan Taylor.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
For the eventual game-winner in the Wild’s 4-1 victory on Saturday, Brazeau took his hulking 6-foot-6 frame right to the top of the Sabres’ crease where a puck from teammate Brendan Gaunce glanced off the newcomer’s skate and over the goal line.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Matthews tried to center the puck from near the goal line.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Included in that application was a diagram of an inside zone run and a screenshot of Wisconsin’s 2019 game against Michigan when the Badgers had seven offensive linemen and two tight ends lined up at the goal line in front of tailback Jonathan Taylor.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
For the eventual game-winner in the Wild’s 4-1 victory on Saturday, Brazeau took his hulking 6-foot-6 frame right to the top of the Sabres’ crease where a puck from teammate Brendan Gaunce glanced off the newcomer’s skate and over the goal line.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Matthews tried to center the puck from near the goal line.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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