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 junior was able to push through the Xaverian block at the goal line for the score after a prolonged Eagles possession.
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Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Miami, on its next possession, had a first-and-goal at the 2, but OSU repeatedly stuffed the Hurricanes at the goal line, and Ken Dorsey’s pass on fourth down at the 1-yard line fell incomplete to give the Buckeyes the victory.
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—David Ubben, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The eventual game-winner in the second OT was similar as Lundell fed a pass that Marchand went forehand to backhand to beat goalie Stuart Skinner, who got a piece of the puck but cold not stop it from sliding slowly over the goal line.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Ochsner bounced up and down on the goal line as Wheaton Warrenville South’s first shooter strode to the spot.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Miami, on its next possession, had a first-and-goal at the 2, but OSU repeatedly stuffed the Hurricanes at the goal line, and Ken Dorsey’s pass on fourth down at the 1-yard line fell incomplete to give the Buckeyes the victory.
5.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The eventual game-winner in the second OT was similar as Lundell fed a pass that Marchand went forehand to backhand to beat goalie Stuart Skinner, who got a piece of the puck but cold not stop it from sliding slowly over the goal line.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Ochsner bounced up and down on the goal line as Wheaton Warrenville South’s first shooter strode to the spot.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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