goal
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A Kane penalty… a guaranteed goal surely… but no, it's saved… wait… the Croatia keeper had strayed off his line and the referee orders a retake… Kane places the ball down again… shoots… GOAL!!!
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
GOAL: Saudi Arabia likely has ended Mexico’s hopes for advancement with a 95th-minute goal by Salem al-Dawsari.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
CHLOE’S GOAL: Chloe Kim separates herself by being able to sky higher than any of the other women in the halfpipe.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2022
The group - GOAL, which stands for Giving Obsessive-Compulsives Another Lifestyle - meets the third Wednesday of every month.
From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2016
But the nearly silent west stand had broke again into loud cries of triumph, and upon the face of the Scoreboard appeared the momentous word, "GOAL!"
From The Half-Back by Barbour, Ralph Henry
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