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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Players on the Eagles line up behind quarterback Jalen Hurts and help push him over the first down marker or the goal line against opposing defenses.
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Coyle had not even shut the penalty box door when Alex Killorn pushed a pass from below the goal line into the inner part of the right circle for a one-timer by Colangelo.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
There were little glimpses at goal, but the No 7 had been pushed wide as defenders recovered to the goal line.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Chicago Tribune When Hawks defenseman Alex Vlasic drifted below the goal line to challenge ex-Hawk Dylan Strome, Ovechkin shifted back deeper into the right circle to give himself plenty of space for a one-timer off Strome’s low-to-high pass.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Coyle had not even shut the penalty box door when Alex Killorn pushed a pass from below the goal line into the inner part of the right circle for a one-timer by Colangelo.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
There were little glimpses at goal, but the No 7 had been pushed wide as defenders recovered to the goal line.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Chicago Tribune When Hawks defenseman Alex Vlasic drifted below the goal line to challenge ex-Hawk Dylan Strome, Ovechkin shifted back deeper into the right circle to give himself plenty of space for a one-timer off Strome’s low-to-high pass.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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