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Tape nearly stretched over a box in sport
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penalty area
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Baltusnikas shot wide, scarcely believing he had so much room in the Republic's penalty area . ▪ Five minutes before the break, Jan Molby's pass gave Rob Jones a chance on the edge of the penalty area . ▪ He was pacing the floor ...
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The penalty area or 18-yard box (also known less formally as "the penalty box" or simply "the box") is an area of an association football pitch . It is rectangular and extends 16.5m (18 yd) to each side of the goal and 16.5m (18 yd) in front of it. Within ...
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n. (context football English) An area of a soccer pitch extending 18 yards out of the goal, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.