How To Use Goalpost In A Sentence
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Indeed he helped to move the political goalposts.
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You have changed the goalposts on us.
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The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again.
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This may be true, but only because the goalposts have been moved.
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The housing goalposts have been moved many times over the past 12 months.
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For example, a delegation from Texas could go to California and show the Californians how to do some traditional Texas thing such as castrate a bull using only your teeth, and then the Californians could show the Texans how to rearrange their football stadiums in accordance with the principles of "feng shui" (for openers, both goalposts should be at the west end of the field).
Dave Barry on Red and Blue States
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He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
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The rafters at Goodison were soon reverberating, as was one of Charlton's goalposts when Beattie's angled shot rebounded from the woodwork.
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But even after Paraguay forward Fredy Bareiro scored off a carom from the goalpost in the 67th minute, Iraq pressed hard with substitute Razzaq Farhan scoring in the 83rd.
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Having wasted years, they now want to move the goalposts and hope we don't notice.
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Another tactic is to move the goalposts.
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So now they have to find a way to 'move the goalposts without scoring an own goal '.
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Either side can change their minds, move the goalposts or walk away.
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All this jumpers and goalposts scrabbling belies a club burning with ambition.
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Move the goalposts a little.
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The goalposts have been moved.
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The first few games that were played, they actually put broomsticks up as the goalposts and had washing baskets.
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Modano nearly won it for Dallas when he blasted a one-timer off the right goalpost from the slot.
National Hockey League - Stars vs. Oilers
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When I saw him leaning against the goalpost, I flicked on a switch and started the sprinklers.
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Later, he would walk on the crossbar between goalposts and try to grab the football from referees.
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Further forward, the aft hold is broken plates, then the amidships deckhouse and winch-gear lies intact and upside-down, and the goalpost mast has fallen diagonally across the wreck.
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The distance between the goals and the goalposts shall be decided upon by the Captains of the sides playing.
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If it decides to pump more money into a particular sector, or change the financial goalposts, it can have a huge effect.
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Meanwhile a forlorn figure leant against a goalpost long after the finish.
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There, the burning of suits and chaining naked team-mates to goalposts was de rigueur.
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Although they tried hard to find the goalposts, they were scoreless going into the second half.
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The goalposts are considerably more substantial than a cricket stump and a plastic windmill.
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Move the goalposts a little.
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In celebration, students tore down the goalposts, and the chancellor canceled Monday classes.
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Hull capitalized on a turnover by Chris Phillips to score his first goal, putting a snap shot inside the left goalpost from the right faceoff dot 2 1/2 minutes into the second.
NHL - National Hockey League - Ottawa vs. Detroit
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The goalposts are considerably more substantial than a cricket stump and a plastic windmill.
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It turned out they've moved the goalposts!
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Schools can save for small items like court markers, skipping ropes, cones and bean bags, or larger pieces of equipment including tennis sets, goalposts and hurdles.
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If it decides to pump more money into a particular sector, or change the financial goalposts, it can have a huge effect.
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Pucks crack against the boards, glass and goalposts.
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Dozens of children chased a soccer ball on the concrete; in the dusty center of the schoolyard behind them, dozens more chased another ball toward netless goalposts.
Christian Beckwith: Greening the Barrio: Part 4
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The goalposts have been moved.
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The boys chalked out goalposts on the playground wall.
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Markov's shot by Thibault's right skate from the left goalpost for his third goal of the season.
National Hockey League - Blackhawks vs. Maple Leafs
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From running the under 10s team to arranging a new kit, training clothes and tracksuits he also does things like cleaning boots and setting goalposts up.
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The goalposts keep being moved and enough is enough.
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During the game, his head twitches, his arms flail away, hitting his pads and file goalposts with his stick.
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When I first came to the club there wasn't a training ground and no-one would dare come to training in a jumper, as they would be used for goalposts!
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Now that we are both freelance, the goalposts constantly move.
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So the goalposts have changed dramatically because of the cost of going to university.
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The boys chalked out goalposts on the playground wall.
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He walked ninety-eight yards for the winning touchdown and when they got the flashlight fixed, there he was under the goalposts.
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Either side can change their minds, move the goalposts or walk away.
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Meanwhile a forlorn figure leant against a goalpost long after the finish.
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The time when every area had a patch of green and jumpers for goalposts is long gone.
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Modern science and modern society have moved the goalposts but those concerns are still real.
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Would it be all right for a few of us to have a kickabout in the park with jumpers for goalposts?
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The ball came off the goalpost and Torsten Frings' arm stopped it going over the line.
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He told me the game was off because the goalposts had been vandalised and the pitch was unplayable.
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When young people reach university the goalposts are moved again.
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So now they have to find a way to 'move the goalposts without scoring an own goal '.
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If the goalpost is moved, all future Democratic primaries will be chaotic.
Blitzer: Could the DNC move the goalposts this weekend?
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Your comeback is the typical move-the-goalposts tirade with fancy bold letters very much preferred by the willfully ignorant.
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If the goalpost is changed to 2210, then barack needs 14 SD and Hillary needs 193 SD.
Clinton: Obama more likely to lose
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Larionov and fired a slap shot inside the left goalpost from the high slot for his team-best 19th goal at 1: 45 of the third.
National Hockey League - Red Wings vs. Blackhawks
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The brother of Ottawa Senators star Marian Hossa, Marcel Hossa hit the near goalpost from the bottom of the left faceoff circle but followed his own shot and popped the puck over the back of goaltender Dan Blackburn.
NHL - National Hockey League - N.Y. Rangers vs. Montreal
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And he said: 'I think the goalposts have changed.
The Sun
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Glen Murray hit the goalpost from the slot off a feed from P.J. Axelsson.
National Hockey League - Hurricanes vs. Bruins
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A goal, worth three points, is scored when the sliotar is played by either team over the goalline between the goalposts and under the crossbar.
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Would it be all right for a few of us to have a kickabout in the park with jumpers for goalposts?
Times, Sunday Times
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The housing goalposts have been moved many times over the past 12 months.
Times, Sunday Times
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One time after practice, Leftwich stood at his own 30 and hit the goalpost on the fly.
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Further forward, the aft hold is broken plates, then the amidships deckhouse and winch-gear lies intact and upside-down, and the goalpost mast has fallen diagonally across the wreck.
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It turned out they've moved the goalposts!
Times, Sunday Times
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There is also a kickabout area with goalposts, basketball/netball hoops, a cricket wicket, and sheltered seating.
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I manage to get on top of the job, and then they move the goalposts again.
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The goalposts are considerably more substantial than a cricket stump and a plastic windmill.
Times, Sunday Times
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Another tactic is to move the goalposts.
Times, Sunday Times
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You have changed the goalposts on us.
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And he said: 'I think the goalposts have changed.
The Sun
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The nearest game happened to be in Tilburg, so after a 30 minute train ride and a 40 minute walk (complete with some New York Pizza slices), we were standing next to a makeshift korfball field, i.e., some rope pinned to the ground for the boundaries and some moveable goalposts stuck in the ground in the right spot (I guess).
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And inside, the little red pieces of tape on the goalposts were blowing in opposite directions.
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But now they want to change the goalposts again.
The Sun
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But now they want to change the goalposts again.
The Sun
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This may be true, but only because the goalposts have been moved.
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After defenseman Chris McAllister was given a double-minor for roughing, the All-Star MVP one-timed Ilya Kovalchuk's pass high inside the right goalpost from the right circle at 9: 31 for his
NHL - National Hockey League - Atlanta vs. Colorado
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What happened on Wednesday meant the goalposts moved slightly.
The Sun
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Modern science and modern society have moved the goalposts but those concerns are still real.
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On the ensuing counterattack for Columbus, Cunningham hit the side of the left goalpost from a bad angle along the end line.
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Or we would knock balloons over the sofa or play football using the goalposts in the front garden.
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He told me the game was off because the goalposts had been vandalised and the pitch was unplayable.
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It is played on the streets of Soweto with tin cans for goalposts.
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Having wasted years, they now want to move the goalposts and hope we don't notice.
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Goals are scored when the ball is kicked through goalposts or carried into the end zone.
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When young people reach university the goalposts are moved again.
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So the goalposts have changed dramatically because of the cost of going to university.
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Watch for a sly neocon attempt to move the goalposts.
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I'm proud to have been the first to sign up as a member of this particular group, even though I'm not, technically, a "chickenhawk"--unless the definition of the concept is borne upon the ever-moving goalposts which wielders of this meme seem to never tire of moving.
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If LSU kicks off, his job on the coverage unit is to line up square with the right goalpost and plug the middle.
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The same player rocked Carlow with a thunderous shot off the goalpost for a spectacular goal to put Port ahead for the first time after 12 minutes.
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What happened on Wednesday meant the goalposts moved slightly.
The Sun
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The goalposts keep being moved and enough is enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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All this jumpers and goalposts scrabbling belies a club burning with ambition.
Times, Sunday Times
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Goalposts were roughly chalked out on the playground wall.
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Now that we are both freelance, the goalposts constantly move.
Times, Sunday Times
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Or we would knock balloons over the sofa or play football using the goalposts in the front garden.
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Did you see T.O. get up last night after his touchdown to dunk the ball through the goalpost?
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The goalposts are considerably more substantial than a cricket stump and a plastic windmill.
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There are goalposts at each end, much like in rugby, except that the area under the crossbar is an eight-foot high, soccer-style goal, complete with a goalkeeper.
An Irish Game on Bronx Soil
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Facilities will include a platform for skateboarders, and goalposts and basketball hoops.
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It flew at an alarming rate towards the goal, hit the goalpost, and rebounded off it straight back at me.
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Arguably the best chance Atlanta had to stay within reach of the lead came 11: 51 into the second when Ilya Kovalchuk's wrister from the left circle went under Osgood's pads but sailed just beyond the right goalpost.
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The goalposts are considerably more substantial than a cricket stump and a plastic windmill.
Times, Sunday Times
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Indeed he helped to move the political goalposts.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Dundee midfielder was performing a series of wheezes for the photographer, involving hanging from goalposts and catching a ball one-handed, when I found out he had been chosen.
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And now by trying to convince people that the goalpost is at 2,210 delegates instead of the 2,026 that everyone else recognizes.
Clinton: 'This is nowhere near over'
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How can we sensibly plan for our retirement when the fundamentals are constantly tinkered with and the goalposts keep being moved?
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What would have become of the Eagles if Akers' kick had gone flying wide of the goalpost?
