How to Use penalty kick in a Sentence
penalty kick
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Still, that penalty kick was not enough to put the team over France.
—Teo Armus, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2022
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Claire Emslie finished off the penalty kick in the 66th minute to tie the match 2-2.
—oregonlive, 31 May 2023
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Hill made it all the way up to tip a penalty kick over the crossbar and preserve a 2-2 tie with the Braves.
—Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2023
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Espinoza scored on a penalty kick in the 13th minute for his fifth goal of the season.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
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Perry Hall’s goal came on a penalty kick in the first half.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
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Guangzhou, down by two, narrowed the gap to 2-3 with a penalty kick in the second half.
—Wenxin Fan, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
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Almeida did score, off a penalty kick in the second half to tie the score with 9:55 left.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
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Scurry lunges to stop a penalty kick in a shoot-out at the end of a game in the finals of the 1999 Women’s World Cup.
—ELLE, 24 June 2022
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In the fifth minute of extra time, the home side earned a penalty kick and turned to Benzema.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 4 May 2022
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Baboucarr Njie earned a penalty kick for Rising in the 74th minute.
—Azcentral Sports, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
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Leroux scored on a header in the 29th minute and Emslie doubled the lead with a penalty kick in the 41st.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
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Matt Giteau 74th-minute penalty kick gave the vicitors the lead.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
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Later in the first half, they were whistled for a handball and Utah State was award a penalty kick.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
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The next year, in 2021, BYU went to the national title game and was a penalty kick away from winning.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
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And the deadlock with the Dutch was predictable after their Olympic meeting came down to penalty kicks.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
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Moments later, Moreno looped his penalty kick to the upper left corner of the goal to give the Timbers a 1-0 lead in the 38th minute.
—oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
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Petrovic made his third penalty kick save of the season and also tipped a Duran shot over the bar (60th).
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
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Melia saved a penalty kick to keep it 3-2, and Erik Thommy struck the crossbar in stoppage time to round out the action.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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McCaskill beat goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce with a shot to the right side on a penalty kick in the 28th minute.
—Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022
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After the break and at the 54th minute, England forward Harry Kane knotted the score 1-1 on a penalty kick.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2022
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Braulio Ibarra, one of the top goal scorers in the county, made it 3-0 with a penalty kick in the final minutes.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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But penalty kicks is how this Round of 16 match will be decided.
—The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
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Seconds later Nadia Nadim tied the score for Louisville on a penalty kick.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
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But they weren’t rewarded until the 33rd minute when Hernández, the game MVP, put his team in front to stay on a penalty kick.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
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But Horan converted on a penalty kick in the 39th minute to put Lyon in front.
—Anne M. Peterson, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022
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Nate Polinkos added a second try with his run to the goal area, followed by Bobby Voth’s three-point penalty kick.
—Matt Goul, cleveland, 21 May 2022
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The second came with one minute left when Dedham was awarded a penalty kick, but the attempt missed wide right.
—Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
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Canada’s Alphonso Davies missed a penalty kick that would’ve brought the Canadians to a draw.
—Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2022
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But a regulation finish was not to be, as the Broncos’ hand ball in the box in the 82nd minute gave the Cardinals a penalty kick.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2022
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After notching two saves in the fourth minute, Schmidt would later make a diving save on a penalty kick.
—Alex Suarez, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
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