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Lifting the foil released a rush of buttery, tangy steam.

From Salon

Instead, he shows us a glimpse of bored, incarcerated kids tossing a wadded-up foil blanket in their cage and that image alone packs a wallop.

He pulled what felt like a large sheet of aluminum foil over his head, but couldn’t adjust to lying on a concrete floor and using his tennis shoes as a pillow.

The case rests on a planned raid on the Romanian capital Bucharest on 8 December, which police foiled.

From BBC

In August, he won a by-election in Alberta, securing a new seat and a chance to be a foil for Carney in the House.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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