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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Given the talent and depth of their blue line, my sense is that adding up front will be the plan, but McCrimmon wasn’t tipping his hand.
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Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Before the game’s first goal, Sharks defenseman Jake Walman lifted the puck out of his zone to the Ottawa blue line.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
The light blue line shows total individual income tax payments; the dark blue line is total corporate income tax payments.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
One addition won’t stabilize this team, or even this blue line.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Before the game’s first goal, Sharks defenseman Jake Walman lifted the puck out of his zone to the Ottawa blue line.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
The light blue line shows total individual income tax payments; the dark blue line is total corporate income tax payments.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
One addition won’t stabilize this team, or even this blue line.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Blue line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20line. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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