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foiled
1. It foiled the enemy’s current
2. have foiled my plans, but now that I knew about it, it’d be a
3. If they had only been after Jean, their attempt was foiled
4. Thus was the crafty Negro foiled; a man of undoubted talent, whose cleverness and education, if directed properly, might have made him a leading light on the Gold Coast
5. So thick was the cover that the American officers knew nothing of the foiled charge, though I followed the line of retreat later by the carcasses of accoutred horses, torn clothing and discarded equipment
6. Maria at Camp Crame regarding the serial murders and the foiled bomb threat
7. You killed one of their agents in that foiled effort to kill the President's wife in Iran
8. Audiences always became audibly excited when Bassanio wins Portia by artfully choosing the correct casket, and when Shylock is foiled by Margaret’s coolly efficient Portia
9. The fisherman looked up, foiled by the uncooperative instrument
10. Then suddenly…disaster! – the “alleged” Equatorial Guinea Coup foiled by bad luck and bureaucratic fumbling
11. President Obiang, after the foiled coup, increased the national security ten-fold and ruled with an iron fist – he was determined not to be robbed of power - as he had robbed and executed his uncle, the nation’s ruler in 1979
12. Then came along the tin foiled, colorful explosive confetti’s, through which Suraj burst onto the stage, followed by the other dancers
13. We have read of a foiled love turning a hero into a villain
14. These took place, but some plans were foiled such as the Bojinka plot and the assassination attempt on the Pope
15. The millennium acts of terror were also foiled thanks to the good efforts of people in intelligence
16. In fact if others had listened to him and worked as diligently as he did, more plots would have been foiled
17. Later, Elizabeth told me the story of how I was saved and how Sergei's plan was foiled
18. that he, with the help of his loyal friends, had foiled their plans to
19. It had only been bombed once, and two attempts were foiled –
20. ‘’So, that hijacking was foiled by the actress Nancy Laplante, the same actress who went to Pakistan a year ago to deliver a CNN anchorman, slashing open the throats of over twenty Taliban extremists in the process
21. Some would have accused her of possibly being an enemy ninja in disguise if not for the fact that she had killed two ninjas and foiled what could have been a very damaging night attack on Hara Castle
22. Clueless blackmail attempt from otherwise hot ass receptionist foiled before 9am
23. drive- time will reveal tempest blind trickster stories old and wise, coiling heretic foiled
24. If the outcome is so different from our aims—if, instead of freedom and prosperity, bondage and misery stare us in the face—is it not clear that sinister forces must have foiled our intentions, that we are the victims of some evil power which must be conquered before we can resume the road to better things?”
25. Al’lah foiled their plans and saved him, along with the believers who followed him (pth)
26. We all knew we should have run the second we saw the zombies entering the back yard, but the two sasquatches had foiled that little plan
27. The horse foiled D’ata’s plans to turn and flee by thrusting him more into the open
28. Thinking it was random circumstance—a hunting party, perhaps—he convinced himself they’d been following the same prey, and he’d foiled them
29. The boy’s plans could be foiled unless, he thought, many others were involved; however, he knew Denver would know early enough of their arrival
30. We parked the car and walked to the building holding hands; the early exchange of cuddling and touching of bodies and lips and tongues foiled when another man entered the elevator with us, and our flirtation turned ethereal, just looks and smiles
31. He is the one who sends help so the buccaneers are foiled in finding Jim and his mother, he instantly organizes the entire adventure, a secret cabal between the squire himself and Jim: as a secret council to run and get rich fast before anyone else does it!! So they can all become fat! And gouty red faced corrupt Olde English landlords living off their ill-gained gold and living in ease for the rest of their life while beggars starve to death in front of them and they do not give one cent to help any of the poor
32. shows up after his plot is foiled and tries to get revenge
33. He was watched in all his movements by Heyward, who, however, remained firm, still folding the fragile form of Alice to his heart, at once too proud and too hopeless to ask favor of an enemy so often foiled
34. “Does the FBI routinely investigate foiled burglaries?”
35. Caris could not help enjoying the look of shock and outrage on Godwyn ’s face when he found that his deception had been foiled
36. With night-vision gear, they wouldn’t be foiled by the density of the trees, as they had been among the cottonwoods
37. But he can’t just sit here like bait on a hook, so he takes a hit off his inhaler and finds the stairs, the foiled walls, the front hall
38. foiled by his hidden coat of mail
39. The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and
40. the attempt to break in through the culvert had been foiled
41. His madness foiled his reason, and a puzzled look spread over his face as, shaking his head with a decision which I had but seldom seen in him
42. Sir Thomas gave up the point, foiled by her evasions, disarmed by her flattery; and was obliged to rest satisfied with the conviction that where the present pleasure of those she loved was at stake, her kindness did sometimes overpower her judgment
43. By these means, the circumnavigating Pequod would sweep almost all the known Sperm Whale cruising grounds of the world, previous to descending upon the Line in the Pacific; where Ahab, though everywhere else foiled in his pursuit, firmly counted upon giving battle to Moby Dick, in the sea he was most known to frequent; and at a season when he might most reasonably be presumed to be haunting it
44. Thus was the devil foiled in securing recruits for his army; so he returned to Ivan and said: “Your fools will not volunteer to be soldiers
45. The mother appears quickly on the scene, and Renard retires, foiled and chagrined at the loss of his dinner
