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Example sentences for: foiled

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Egypt foiled a 1954 plot to discredit Egyptian ultranationalists by planting bombs in Cairo buildings.
Bemused reporters wondered how the legendarily effective agency had been foiled so easily.
On the lookout for any contagiously progressive movement, the Austrians helped Bourbon King Ferdinand of Naples crush an 1821 revolt for constitutional monarchy and foiled a similar uprising in Piedmont.
I'm impressed with how effortlessly Rowling balances the genre requirements of predictability--Harry will prevail, the school year will end, Voldemort will be foiled (but only temporarily!)--and surprise.
It starts with a disorienting series of shock cuts, during which George Clooney tears off his tie, marches through traffic into a bank and, without a weapon or a plan, pulls off a charmingly effortless robbery foiled only by a bad starter on his wreck of a car.