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Example sentences for: afoot

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But they correctly concluded that "Nawaf " and "Khalid"might be part of "an operational cadre" and that "something nefarious might be afoot."
I believe it was the transformation of Maria Bartiromo into a household name that told me that something new was really afoot.
There is a great deal of effort afoot to make Java faster (just-in-time compilation, native-code generation, etc.).
It said plans were afoot for the queen to visit Dublin early next year to cement the new relationship between Britain and Ireland.
It was not until we found a row of old men peering through the bars of the Luxembourg Gardens, mourning the death of their favorite old trees, that we realized something was afoot.