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[foil] / fɔɪl /




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You can also buy dedicated radiator foil or make your own with kitchen foil to reflect the heat back into the room rather than losing it through the walls, says Burr.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The new Pokémon card set features new illustrated rare cards, as well as some with foil finishes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Now the nine of them sat on the floor in one of their two rooms, one for men and one for women, foil pans of halal food laid on towels, in eerie silence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

A foil is supposed to be a seamless extension of your arm and hand.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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