foiled
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Then on Wednesday, The Times newspaper reported that the incident had been foiled after one of the five suspects tipped off the police before the group was apprehended.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
But The Times newspaper and a few other UK media have reported that police found no traces of explosives, easing fears that an attack had been foiled but leaving many questions unanswered.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
British investigators are probing whether Iran or an Islamist group was behind a foiled attack on the RAF Fairford air base in western England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
But there are also suggestions the incident was foiled only because a passing driver reported strange vans to the police.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The escape was foiled, and Sheels remained at Mount Vernon.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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