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goalpost

noun as in end zone

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"Moving the goalposts after people have built this huge digital archive doesn't really sit right," he said.

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There were many reports in the Israeli media that the Biden initiative failed because Netanyahu moved the goalposts with a new set of demands - under pressure from the hard right in his cabinet.

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It was a goalpost set without a road map.

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Every shot is a stunner, from stark images of eerily spinning footballs to goalposts that loom like devil’s horns.

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Although this shifts the goalposts a bit, it can be justified.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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