foil
Example Sentences
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"Some of our volunteers have dug up phones wrapped in tin foil," Ms Gates added.
From BBC
The aluminum ingredient in vaccines isn’t the same as what’s in kitchen foil.
Buddy’s plan gets foiled when Odd, confronted with his crime, quietly admits it, returns the loot, and leaves the house.
It fits a standard glass baking dish or a simple foil tray, and either way, it helps everything arrive — and stay — exactly as it should.
From Salon
However, Ukraine's SBU security service had been watching and foiled the attack.
From BBC
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