goal area
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"It would solve the issue of the crowded goal area and the goalkeeper being surrounded, blocked and impeded."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
“It was an intense game and a very strategic game. We lost because of a mistake we made in the goal area, with the penalty.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Some years ago we trained bumblebees to roll tiny balls to a goal area to obtain a nectar reward—a form of object manipulation equivalent to human usage of a coin in a vending machine.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2023
With six minutes left, Keita Balde Diao crossed to Cristiano Lombardi, who rolled the ball across the goal area.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2017
The goalkeeper shall not be charged except when he is holding the ball or obstructing an opponent, or when he has passed outside the goal area.
From Association Football And How To Play It by Cameron, John
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