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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In the opener against the Patriots, tight end Tanner Hudson lifted the ball to celebrate before crossing the goal line and got stripped for a turnover.
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Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The next time the Monarchs got the ball, Kayden Dixon-Wyatt leaped high in the air for a 31-yard grab at the Spartans’ two-yard line but a goal line stand kept the proud Spartans in the game.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
All three ended up lying down across the goal line.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
And then the feeling that came with finally crossing the goal line?
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
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Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The next time the Monarchs got the ball, Kayden Dixon-Wyatt leaped high in the air for a 31-yard grab at the Spartans’ two-yard line but a goal line stand kept the proud Spartans in the game.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
All three ended up lying down across the goal line.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
And then the feeling that came with finally crossing the goal line?
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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