blue line
noun
: either of two blue lines that divide an ice hockey rink into three equal zones and that separate the offensive and defensive zones from the center-ice neutral zone
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The spiral galaxy being wrapped or lensed around the elliptical galaxy appears to be stretched and warped into a ring, with bright blue lines drawn through it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles.
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
First, the puck hopped over his stick at the offensive blue line and Nikita Nesterenko was off to the races.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Michael Callahan failed to corral the puck at the offensive blue line, sending him stumbling into a neutral-zone footrace with Nesterenko.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
Pat Maroon couldn’t catch a break when his pass hit Jesper Bratt’s skate at the offensive blue line and then again when he got crossed up by Bratt and Ondřej Palát on Palát’s short-handed goal.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
First, the puck hopped over his stick at the offensive blue line and Nikita Nesterenko was off to the races.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Michael Callahan failed to corral the puck at the offensive blue line, sending him stumbling into a neutral-zone footrace with Nesterenko.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
Pat Maroon couldn’t catch a break when his pass hit Jesper Bratt’s skate at the offensive blue line and then again when he got crossed up by Bratt and Ondřej Palát on Palát’s short-handed goal.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Blue line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20line. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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