foul

They'll complain - as they already have - about a foul on Camilo Duran that wasn't picked up just before the equaliser, but there is no talking to the errors they made thereafter.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb says Sven Botman's foul on Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge" but backed the video assistant referee's decision not to intervene for a red card.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

He popped up in foul territory to end the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

In a letter seen by BBC News, campaigners from Stop Rosebank and Greenpeace, with assistance from Uplift, have asked the government to clarify whether Delek will fall foul of the sanctions announced last month.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She popped one in from the baseline, and so did I. She hit a jumper from the foul line, and I did, too.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

They won fewer than 70% of their 16 tackles and committed 17 fouls.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

He played basketball for the Lions, but after his sophomore season he decided to try football, since his physical play in basketball led to fouls, something that was legal in football.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Fox’s coverage pivoted from hard fouls to trans panic, Clark got dragged into a fight she has spent three years trying to avoid and Cunningham’s follower count exploded.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Public spats over fouls and a fixation on transgender policy have overshadowed the WNBA’s rising attendance and TV audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the ref wasn’t calling touch fouls and Nick and Trip were helping out anytime Ice went up in the air and brought the ball back down.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

Having inured himself to the fouler demands of his job, Jovan must now contend with a more depraved, bleach-resistant form of refuse as a rogue insider splatters his workplace with sinister graffiti.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017

"Foul as it is, Hell itself is made fouler by the presence of John."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2016

Now the OKC point guard is probably in an even fouler mood: On Friday, the team announced he’s having surgery to repair a torn right meniscus and will be out “indefinitely.”

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2013

Those off-flavors are the result of breaking down secondary products like amino acids and the ethanol which might result in some fouler or vinegary compounds, such as esters and aldehydes.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2012

There are few things fouler than watching huge white maggots writhe inside jars of apricot syrup.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

In his first speech to Parliament, the Liberal prime minister defended the rights of plantation owners, but later branded slavery the "foulest crime" in history.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023

The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time … No words are sad enough to express our sense of loss.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2021

Now imagine Lennon has steered your ship safely through a horrific storm, lashing himself to the captain’s chair and singing “the foulest, filthiest, manliest sea shanty” through the night.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2018

In the early 1980s, I bartended at an Edward Gorey exhibit at New York’s Gotham Book Mart, serving some of the foulest red wine known to humankind.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2018

I wasn’t above being a big, fat imposter if it diverted attention away from a potential drenching with the world’s foulest substance.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

He fouled off Snell’s fastball, changeup, curveball and slider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

At one point, he fouled off six straight before drawing a walk to load the bases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“But we did a good job with some good at-bats and fouled off some pitches and made him work. That’s really all you can do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The environmentalists said the ranchers brought in invasive plants with their feed, and that cattle fouled the soil and waterways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

I tell him that just because your teammate gets fouled on a lay-up doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ever drive to the lane again.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

He battled Rays reliever Ian Seymour for eight pitches, fouling off a collection of well-placed fastballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

For days before their brutal and bloody round-of-16 match against Paraguay, they devoted hours of practice time to countering soccer’s Dark Arts—trash talk, persistent fouling, and relentless physicality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

But the victory came with an asterisk: Folarin Balogun, a Brooklyn-born striker who leads the team in goals, got a red card for fouling an opposing player.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Sithole's dismissal for fouling Brian Gutierrez was a simple decision for referee Wilton Sampaio.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Sympathy lamps were mixed with candles, giving the room a natural light without fouling the air with smoke.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss