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penalty kick

noun as in free kick

noun as in penalty shot

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In August 2000, Australia lock John Eales nailed a late penalty kick to earn victory against New Zealand in Wellington and ensure the Wallabies retained the Bledisloe Cup.

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Pec halved the deficit for the Galaxy on a penalty kick less than 10 minutes before the intermission.

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George Ford, co-captain with Jamie George, missed a relatively simple penalty kick to extend England's lead and Carpenter had a second try ruled out because of an unfortunate Henry Slade knock-on.

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Kang-in Lee closed out the scoring on the final touch of the game, converting a penalty kick seven minutes into stoppage time.

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Fergus Burke missed a penalty kick from 35 metres out with Sarries' first chance to get on the board.

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

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