goalpost

noun

goal·post ˈgōl-ˌpōst

: one of usually two vertical posts that with or without a crossbar constitute the goal in various games

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Buffalo's most famous title game loss came on Jan. 27, 1991, when Scott Norwood pushed a 47-yard kick just to the right of the goalposts that would've won Super Bowl XXV. —

David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025 Several lower courts all ruled in favor of the FDA, but the ultra-conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said the FDA had moved its goalposts. —

Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024 Yes, but: AGI is also not well-defined, and both optimists and pessimists have complained that it's become a moving goalpost. —

Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025 Kelce was fined for doing Gonzalez’s signature celebration by dunking the ball over the goalpost during the Chiefs’ win at Pittsburgh on Christmas Day. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for goalpost