disallowed

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Ronaldo, too, had a nifty goal disallowed when VAR showed him offside by a shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, working for German television during the World Cup, likened Tah's disallowed goal to many which Premier League champions Arsenal had scored throughout the season.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

And after Paraguay triumphed 4-3 on penalties following the 1-1 draw, Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann was left fuming at the disallowed goal.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The disallowed goal, one of the best any team has scored in this World Cup, came on a set piece in the 25th minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

However, any mathematician of the day would have scoffed at this line of reasoning; Archimedes used the tools of the infinite, which were so expressly disallowed by his mathematical colleagues.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife