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It was a controversial strike though with Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle telling BBC Sport there was "a clear foul on Fabian Schar" in the build-up.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

After Jake LaRavia was called for an offensive foul with 21.8 seconds left in the third quarter, Doncic was hit with his first technical foul of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

In the 1940s, this process left a putrid scum so foul in Maine’s Androscoggin River that residents of Lewiston would vomit, and enterprising children would sell clothespins for clamping over noses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He likely would have won a second MVP in 2019 if he hadn’t fractured his kneecap on a foul ball that September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

That kind of shook me, but I decided to stick around and shoot some foul shots anyway.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

Portland’s Toumani Camara and Morant were also whistled for flops, and all of the calls came in the fourth quarter of a tight game that saw 52 total personal fouls and 71 free throws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

John McGinn bought a bunch of fouls; Oli McBurnie battled hard in what McGinn called a "thankless task"; there were some fleeting moments when the crowd got energised and hope, or perhaps delusion, took hold.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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

Take the fouls, she told them, and above all, keep your cool.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

In the past, winks at some of the fouler ideas out there was enough to titillate the audience while keeping up the pretense of respectability.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2016

The spirit of Marc Bolan is banished and a fouler one installed.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2016

There are few things fouler than watching huge white maggots writhe inside jars of apricot syrup.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

In his first speech to Parliament, the Liberal prime minister defended the rights of plantation owners, but later branded slavery the "foulest crime" in history.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

We were residing just ten paces from someone who was quite possibly a villain of the foulest kind.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Neither book argues for a return to the olfactory world of the past, and surely nobody wants streets where sewage runs in the gutters and rivers are fouled by industrial waste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He fouled off Snell’s fastball, changeup, curveball and slider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They fouled off 20 pitches and got him out of the game after 4⅓ innings, so the Milwaukee bullpen would have to cover more innings than he would.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“But we did a good job with some good at-bats and fouled off some pitches and made him work. That’s really all you can do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Over it hung a velvety mass of bats, which had fouled the pillar with black guano—a different kind of guano from the green slime near the mouth of the cave.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

He battled Rays reliever Ian Seymour for eight pitches, fouling off a collection of well-placed fastballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

The team from the land of Champagne, Renoir and haute couture has prepared for the tournament’s physical play, trash talk and persistent fouling.

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

If he misjudges it, he may end up fouling other horses and being disqualified, checking his horse sharply and sacrificing his momentum or even falling.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand