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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Markanich blasted a header from the left side of the area the bounced of the right post, rolled along the goal line and ricocheted off the left post into the net to give Minnesota its first lead in the 74th minute.
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ABC News, 2 May 2026
On that touchdown pass, Suggs threw the football 45 yards in the air and hit a wideout in stride at the goal line.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
An extensive video review revealed no reason to overturn the judgment on the ice that the puck had barely crossed the goal line underneath Jarry's skate.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
That’s when Foligno used all of his 6-foot-3 reach and all of his 225 pounds to drape Oettinger and reach for a loose puck in the crease and swipe it over the goal line.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 2 May 2026
On that touchdown pass, Suggs threw the football 45 yards in the air and hit a wideout in stride at the goal line.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
An extensive video review revealed no reason to overturn the judgment on the ice that the puck had barely crossed the goal line underneath Jarry's skate.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
That’s when Foligno used all of his 6-foot-3 reach and all of his 225 pounds to drape Oettinger and reach for a loose puck in the crease and swipe it over the goal line.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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