foil
Example Sentences
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In a statement after the weekend, North Norfolk District Council said broken bottles and foil packaging were among the items discarded on the beach.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“Lady Saddlespur is a fun foil for the kids as she pushes them to be better students.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
People who have worked with him described him as an unflappable, straight-shooter whose personality makes him an ideal foil for Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s idiosyncratic CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Together, the two airlines said, they would pose a better foil to the giants United, American, and Delta, which had formed over the decades through their own big piles of mergers and acquisitions.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Nothing else mattered except how my mind moved my body and foil.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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