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He renders the original’s panoply of suffering in accessible English, as in this view of Satan: “With six eyes / He wept, and three chins let the foul tears fall / And bloody foam.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The commission's Affordable Housing Act aims to provide cities with legal cover, clarifying when authorities can take action without falling foul of EU single market rules.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Blatant foul on Matheus Cunha earned a booking but probably worth it as it stopped the Brazilian racing into the box.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Luckily, it’s a noise so foul and utterly dread-inducing that it’s unmistakable: TA-DUM!

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

I had practiced so much in the past month, I could practically sink foul shots in my sleep.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

Then came West Ham's disallowed goal against Arsenal in May, when up to five potential fouls happened at the same time.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Fox’s coverage pivoted from hard fouls to trans panic, Clark got dragged into a fight she has spent three years trying to avoid and Cunningham’s follower count exploded.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

In a shocking first half, Argentina committed more fouls than passes in the final third of the pitch.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Hamby averages 3.2 fouls per game and has expressed frustration about the new officiating norms this season, but has avoided true foul trouble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

He tries a Ruy López opening but fouls up the move order.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Having inured himself to the fouler demands of his job, Jovan must now contend with a more depraved, bleach-resistant form of refuse as a rogue insider splatters his workplace with sinister graffiti.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017

And his merchants and armies were making a befouled realm even fouler.

From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2017

"Foul as it is, Hell itself is made fouler by the presence of John."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2016

Those off-flavors are the result of breaking down secondary products like amino acids and the ethanol which might result in some fouler or vinegary compounds, such as esters and aldehydes.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2012

The weather was growing fouler every day as the Antarctic winter approached, with hard frosts and cold rain.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Many have experienced its foulest moods and nowadays can even record what they’ve seen on their smartphones, then share the footage online.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023

But by 1850, his family said he was a "changed man", with the former leader describing slavery as "by far the foulest crime that taints the history of mankind".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023

“There is no greater fool than one who shouts ‘Happy Christmas!’ in a city throughout which the foulest of mankind lurks ’round every corner,” Holmes growls.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021

In the early 1980s, I bartended at an Edward Gorey exhibit at New York’s Gotham Book Mart, serving some of the foulest red wine known to humankind.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2018

Riis had toured Chicago’s foulest districts and pronounced them worse than anything he had seen in New York.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The environmentalists said the ranchers brought in invasive plants with their feed, and that cattle fouled the soil and waterways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Each touch of the ball was greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers, while some fans also celebrated when Fernandez was fouled.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

In a full count, Rushing fouled off another changeup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

It was the law of the blocked road and the fouled well—a pig loose on the highway, a tannery poisoning a shared stream, gunpowder stored where it might ignite and level the block.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

No one had forgotten how in 1885 fouled water had ignited an outbreak of cholera and typhoid that killed ten percent of the city’s population.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Adrien Rabiot: Lucky to stay on the pitch after fouling Ruiz having already been booked for an early challenge on Dani Olmo.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

For days before their brutal and bloody round-of-16 match against Paraguay, they devoted hours of practice time to countering soccer’s Dark Arts—trash talk, persistent fouling, and relentless physicality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

But the victory came with an asterisk: Folarin Balogun, a Brooklyn-born striker who leads the team in goals, got a red card for fouling an opposing player.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

That’s because a large portion of the pollution fouling waterways comes from these businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Expecting to see only Count Atlas fouling Seabiscuit, the newspapermen saw that and something more.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand