fouling

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"Fouling goes completely against conventional wisdom, which says you have to have clean instruments to make processes using an electrode as efficient as possible," Professor Ciampi said.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

"Fouling 3-point shooters has killed us in the last two games," Kerr said.

From Fox News • Mar. 23, 2022

“We got down 10. Couldn’t stay in front of the basketball. Fouling the shooters,” Brooks said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2018

Fouling is usually less with denser powders; and, as would be expected, such powders bear transport better and give less dust than light powders.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Fouling a five-dollar bill in the mud of the gutter, he went boldly into the bank and asked the paying teller to give him silver for it.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis