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How to pronounce goalpost in English?

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Type of post

Examples of goalpost

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Goalpost co-founder Siobhan Bulfin said four researchers worked on the project.
From the nzherald.co.nz
When fully extended, the lift reaches just a bit higher than a football goalpost.
From the kentucky.com
They unhooked Kekoe from Phason's chair and tied the dog's leash to a goalpost.
From the denverpost.com
He hit the goalpost once and failed to convert a couple of short-range chances.
From the tennessean.com
Sauerwein's PK banged off the left goalpost, but Matt Soucy scored on the rebound.
From the stltoday.com
I think I just heard a goalpost squeaking as it was dragged across the ground.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger missed the previous penalty, hitting the goalpost.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
The lift, when fully extended, reaches just a bit higher than a football goalpost.
From the kentucky.com
In camp, he started kicking 58-yarders halfway up the net behind the goalpost.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field
  • Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface where scoring occurs. The structure of a goal can vary widely from sport to sport. ...
  • In American football, the tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal. Originally, they were H-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side; One of the two side poles of the goal
  • (Goalposts) the two vertical beams located 24 feet apart which extend 8 feet high to form the sides of a goal and support the crossbar.
  • (goalposts) the metal bars that frame the area to which the net is attached which rests on the center of the goal line and between which a puck must pass to score a goal.
  • A tall metallic structure that stands at the back of each end zone; consists of a crossbar and two uprights that extend upward from it, supported directly above the end line by a base; teams try to kick the ball above the crossbar and between the uprights to score a field goal or extra point.
  • The vertical bars at either side of the goal.^[112]