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[gohl] / goʊl /


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Appeared in the June 9, 2026, print edition as 'Iran’s Attack On Israel Reflects New Goal'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Goal difference - Rangers' win over Falkirk means they are currently five goals better off than Hearts and 11 clear of Celtic.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

It also aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, life below water.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

She will still be able to play informally for her other - Goal Diggers FC - as the club has withdrawn from all FA-affiliated leagues in response to the new policy.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

So now we are come to the Shore and encamped & tomorrow after a short March shall gain our Goal, which is the Town of Dulwich.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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