foil
Example Sentences
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Frantic efforts to get in touch with parents and siblings to discuss their options were sometimes foiled by the rolling internet blackouts at home.
When William comes to the throne, Harry will always be in the background, a foil, a potential distraction and a constant reminder of a regal brotherly duo that could have been.
She points to how she recently contacted a manufacturer of aluminum foil because its product didn’t meet expectations.
From MarketWatch
Seb Atkinson could work as a fine foil at 12 for England.
From BBC
Qatar also said its air defences foiled a drone attack targeting the US air base at Al-Udeid, Washington's largest military facility in the Middle East.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
