foul play
Example Sentences
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The sheriff’s department has not been able to determine how the man entered the waterway, but no foul play is suspected at this point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was classed as serious foul play, meaning the Bayer Leverkusen player was handed an extra match on top of the automatic one-game suspension by Fifa's disciplinary committee.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Yet Fifa handed Madibo a five-game ban - and extra three on top of the standard punishment for serious foul play.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
While no cause of death was given, police said that “no foul play is suspected,” and that law enforcement found his body while performing a welfare check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
When the girl’s stepfather, Henry Smith, noticed her disappearance, he suspected foul play and set out to search for her in the woods near the Negro community of Egypt Town just outside of New London.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
