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Example sentences for: afoot

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Though intelligence gave no clear indication of what might be afoot, some intelligence reports mentioned chemical weapons, pointing toward work at a camp in southern Afghanistan called Derunta.
(See " Deep Throat: The Game Is Afoot"; " Another Bulletin From the Deep Throat Desk"; " Deep Throat Revealed (One Last Time)"; and " Deep Throat Revealed (Again).")
There is a definite pattern afoot here: At first, the new job is wonderful, the people scintillating and fabulous, the work enticing and exciting.
Similar initiatives are afoot in medical student organizations around the world as we consider appropriate relationships with industry.
There is a great deal of effort afoot to make Java faster (just-in-time compilation, native-code generation, etc.).