foiled

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Five decades ago, four burglars broke into a billionaire’s safe, setting off a chain of events that exposed and foiled one of the CIA’s most ambitious operations against the Soviets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Asked why the FBI revealed the foiled plot -- a step it does not always take for various security reasons -- Vance pointed to potential "scale of the planned attack."

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Shortly after the foiled attack, Taylor Swift said it had filled her with "a new sense of fear" - and that the cancellations left her with a "tremendous amount of guilt".

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Frantic efforts to get in touch with parents and siblings to discuss their options were sometimes foiled by the rolling internet blackouts at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes, Stout stuck to his stirrups but finished second to Derby winner Bold Venture, foiled by the brilliant reinsmanship of Seabiscuit’s onetime jockey, George Woolf.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand