foil
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His unpredictability complicates Prime Minister Mark Carney’s negotiating stance, but he also provides a useful foil, a kind of bad cop for which Carney can offer his more measured good cop approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Across the French capital, where few homes have air conditioning, desperate locals had taped foil survival blankets over their windows, hoping to keep out the fierce sun.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Tape it down over the square and use a pin or needle to poke a hole in the middle of the foil.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Their foil tops gleamed and twinkled in the early evening light that sifted through the half-closed blinds.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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