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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The play has also put a dent in Barkley’s numbers — the 235-pound running back often takes the Eagles right up to the goal line, then sees the Tush Push called.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
As the defense reacted, Mahomes got behind Kelce and followed the big tight end toward the goal line.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
On the play, Poitras tracked down his own dump-in behind the goal line.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Poitras was allowed to drive the middle of the ice inside the Sharks zone before passing to Coyle, whose pass from behind the goal line went off Askarov’s stick or leg and into the net.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
As the defense reacted, Mahomes got behind Kelce and followed the big tight end toward the goal line.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
On the play, Poitras tracked down his own dump-in behind the goal line.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Poitras was allowed to drive the middle of the ice inside the Sharks zone before passing to Coyle, whose pass from behind the goal line went off Askarov’s stick or leg and into the net.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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