goalpost

Example Sentences

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"My worry now, as I'm approaching later life, is when can I actually afford to retire? Because the goalpost seems to move," he says.

From BBC

Those moving goalposts were part of a broader market shift that ultimately tripped up both SVB and many of its customers.

From Seattle Times

The Lonely goalpost: Could that result win Arsenal the league?

From BBC

After five long years, Portia Woodman has finally been able to shake the mental image of herself in tears, standing under the goalposts.

From Fox News

Focusing on the skirmishes allows the left to move the goalposts so that one day, what was once unthinkable becomes first, thinkable, then reality.

From Washington Times