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foul up

[foul-uhp] / ˈfaʊlˌʌp /




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Will this dirty business foul up anyone’s career?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

The pandemic, he fears, will continue to foul up his touring schedule.

From Washington Post Feb. 18, 2022

Self-deleting messages can also foul up long-established record-retention practices and, for some federal employees, they may constitute a violation of the law.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2017

This winter, he says, there’s no El Nino to foul up the weather prognostication.

From Washington Times Aug. 14, 2016

Some inmates, for example, would try to flush something huge, like a bedsheet, in hopes it might foul up the entire block’s plumbing or allow them to flood the gallery.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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