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[foil] / fɔɪl /




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“Lady Saddlespur is a fun foil for the kids as she pushes them to be better students.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

And this is over supposed intentions for a not-for-profit they originally set up together as a foil to Google’s AI ambitions and their worries that that tech giant couldn’t be trusted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Together, the two airlines said, they would pose a better foil to the giants United, American, and Delta, which had formed over the decades through their own big piles of mergers and acquisitions.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Wrap them in foil and store them in the fridge.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

There were coins, gold nuggets, jewelry, paper clips, foil wrappers, cufflinks.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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