penalty box
noun
: an area alongside an ice hockey rink to which penalized players are confined for the duration of their penalty
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But, later on, Scheifele had a tripping penalty with 14.8 seconds left of regulation and was in the penalty box when Thomas Harley scored the winning goal for the Stars 1:33 into overtime.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
San Jose snuck ahead 3-2 just before halftime, courtesy of Ian Harkes’ left-footed shot from atop the penalty box and inside the left post.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Yet another reminder that when sports and politics collide, nobody ever wins in the penalty box of public opinion.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Nevertheless, the drumbeat of doom got to me and put the Mag 7 into the penalty box, ex-Tesla, which was never in the fund to begin with.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
San Jose snuck ahead 3-2 just before halftime, courtesy of Ian Harkes’ left-footed shot from atop the penalty box and inside the left post.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Yet another reminder that when sports and politics collide, nobody ever wins in the penalty box of public opinion.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Nevertheless, the drumbeat of doom got to me and put the Mag 7 into the penalty box, ex-Tesla, which was never in the fund to begin with.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penalty box
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“Penalty box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalty%20box. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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