foil
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“They’re a good foil for the ‘wrong girls’ because cats are such not wrong girls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
One bright spot in Season 3: the addition of James Norton as new foil Ormond Hightower.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Many of these spreads are quite large and made on several sheet pans covered with foil.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
A moment later, she was back, a small foil packet in her hands.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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