foiling

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Mr. Nakadai played the dogged cop assisting Mifune’s gruff industrialist in foiling a kidnapper’s plot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

In separate statements, they praised police for quickly responding and foiling the attack.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

When it cleared the planes to fly again in late January, it also imposed limits on Boeing’s planned production increase of Max planes, foiling the company’s latest attempt to compete with its European rival Airbus.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2024

“The four were part of a 10-member sabotage group linked to Mossad, whose main objective was to identify Iranian intelligence agents … foiling Israeli plots against Iran,” Fars reported.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2023

The cadet laughed through the bullhorn, which made him seem as sinister as Poseidon was with Odysseus when he kept foiling his attempts to get home to Ithaca.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos