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n. (own goal English)
Usage examples of "own goals".
Maybe her single-minded, lifelong pursuit of her own goals had made her obsessive.
We serve to get others to like us, to be admired, or to achieve our own goals.
His own goals seemed utterly inconsequential and petty compared to all this.
While PCs remain free to pursue their own goals, opposing the policy of a strong great druid means a character has little chance of receiving support from superior druids.
He was always willing to share in responsibility and decision-making, as long as it eventually led to the achievement of his own goals.
If society ostracized you for thinking on your own, you were forced to find your own goals.
Within the family unit it is somehow possible to reach an accord that is genuine, in which a) individuals do not strive to reach their own goals over those of others and/or b) the goals of two individuals somehow fuse and become one.
Each had had its own means of travel, its own personality, its own goals.
The leaders finally held a summit in a Berlin hotel, where they agreed to pursue their own goals without criticizing the other.
Were there worlds here, he wondered, cold stars, perhaps even beings with their own goals and ambitions?