foil
Example Sentences
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Tinsel, foil garlands, multi-coloured floral lights and a lounge that looks like Christmas threw up all over it are making a return.
From BBC
"The attempt to obtain that information was only foiled by the police."
From BBC
Soon, a systems malfunction foils the team’s surveillance of their targeted compound.
Questions are mounting over whether authorities could have acted earlier to foil the gunmen.
From Barron's
His anecdotes would become the basis for Crystal’s character, Harry, while Ryan’s witty foil, Sally, was the embodiment of Ephron’s sharp and observant eye.
From Salon
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