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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Multiple video angles and photos showed quarterback Angelo Renda was short of the goal line.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
Pittsburgh's Connor Heyward scored the only touchdown of the first 30 minutes, crossing the goal line from 1 yard out with 17 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Trailing 27-21 with eight seconds left and on the Vero Beach 42-yard line, Lake Mary quarterback Noah Grubbs launched a high pass toward the goal line that Vero Beach defenders went to knock down.
—Bill Daley, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Bigsby just missed out on a touchdown run, as he was stuffed on fourth-and-goal from the goal line.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
Pittsburgh's Connor Heyward scored the only touchdown of the first 30 minutes, crossing the goal line from 1 yard out with 17 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Trailing 27-21 with eight seconds left and on the Vero Beach 42-yard line, Lake Mary quarterback Noah Grubbs launched a high pass toward the goal line that Vero Beach defenders went to knock down.
—Bill Daley, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Bigsby just missed out on a touchdown run, as he was stuffed on fourth-and-goal from the goal line.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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