foul play
Example Sentences
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The Sierra Madre Police Department said the 53-year-old man passed away after experiencing a medical emergency on the trail, and that no foul play was suspected.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
“But obviously the pattern of foul play continues,” Bouchouev said in an email to MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Van Graan said that foul play incidents were missed in his side's semi-final loss to Bordeaux-Begles, and called for more consistency in the replays shown to the officials.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
In one viral TikTok video, members of a senior-living community accuse their ex-friend of foul play: taking tiles out of turn and refusing to reveal her “winning” hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
They were running, all four of them, Cari shrieking foul play even though she’d pulled the same trick herself a hundred times.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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