the red zone

noun

American football

: the area of the field that is inside an opponent's 20-yard line

Examples of the red zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the middle row: two more flowery fields, white blossoms on a red ground to the left, red on white to the right—but then the white ground seeps over the boundary into the red zone to its left, an incursion across the painting’s implicit inner order. —Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2024

But this year, as voter anxiety hits the red zone ahead of a divisive election contest between Trump and President Joe Biden, there are signs that Americans from a cross-section of society are taking a more serious look at the exits. —Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024

This has made business particularly difficult for some companies whose clients exist within the red zone. —Jessica Roy, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024

This game could come down to the red zone, where, admittedly, the Ravens have been better as an offense. —Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024