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yard line

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  1. yard linenoun

    in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field

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  1. yard line

    In American and Canadian football, a yard line refers to the distance marker on the field representing incremental units of 10 yards. These markers run the width of the field and help determine field position and measure the distance to the end zone. For example, the "50 yard line" is located exactly in the middle of the field.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yard line in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yard line in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of yard line in a Sentence

  1. Dad Archie Manning:

    What happened to private conversations on the 50-yard-line ? i guess they just don't exist anymore. No confirmation on that whatsoever. We are on to Carolina.

  2. Laura Richardson:

    We’ve got to pay more attention to this region, the proximity matters. They are on the 20-yard line of our homeland. We are in a neighborhood, these are our neighbors, and we have got to pay attention to them.

  3. Cory Mills:

    This is an attempt to save face by the administration for the Americans they left behind. This is a woman with three children from age 15 all the way down to two-years-old. And they did nothing to try to expedite this… But at the very last minute you have these ‘senior officials’ at the State Department trying to claim credit for this like ‘oh yeah look what we've done,' it's like we carried the ball to the 99-and-a-half yard line and them taking it that last half yard and being like ‘look what we did.’.

  4. H. Ross Perot:

    Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

  5. Ross Perot:

    Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

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