onside kick

noun

: a kickoff in football in which the ball travels just far enough to be legally recoverable by the kicking team

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Oakland Mills scored a late touchdown on a 45-yard pass from Ramsey to Kristin Rogers and recovered the ensuing onside kick. —

Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024 The Bears scored a touchdown, secured a 2-point conversion, and successfully recovered an onside kick to make a field goal to tie the game, only to get the ball first in overtime, punt it away, and watch the Minnesota Vikings score for the win. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 Los Angeles now trails 30-23, and will now need to recover an onside kick. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024 The Bears recovered the ensuing onside kick and Cairo Santos hit a 48-yard field goal as regulation time expired to force overtime. —

Jim Hoehn, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for onside kick