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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Jahan Dotson makes a reception just short of the goal line as Jaylen Watson tackles him.
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Owen Hayes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
But the puck rolled across the goal line before Andrew Peeke swept it aside.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Dumas-Johnson stopped short of the goal line — a modest action for a linebacker who had just made an impressive interception off a pass to the flat by Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
The Ravens quarterback, Lamar Jackson, threw the ball to tight end Mark Andrews, who was at the goal line.
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Owen Hayes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
But the puck rolled across the goal line before Andrew Peeke swept it aside.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Dumas-Johnson stopped short of the goal line — a modest action for a linebacker who had just made an impressive interception off a pass to the flat by Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
The Ravens quarterback, Lamar Jackson, threw the ball to tight end Mark Andrews, who was at the goal line.
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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