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

"The goalposts have shifted from restrictions to bans, with the real potential for some of these bans to go into effect," Nash told VICE.

From Salon

Football matches have recently been disrupted by Just Stop Oil activists, who ran on to a pitch and tied themselves to goalposts in recent weeks.

From BBC