foul
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Apple is crying foul, arguing that Micron’s gross profit margins, now surpassing 80%, are evidence of price gouging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
It is the franchise’s longest since 1946, a time when Johnny Pesky was the team’s starting shortstop and not yet the namesake of Fenway Park’s right-field foul pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Families live and work under the same roof, often separated from mountains of waste by little more than a staircase or curtain, exposing them to foul odours, plastic fumes and other health risks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
A rare corpse flower, known for its massive size and foul stench, will bloom for just 24 to 48 hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Sigurd spat out a laugh like it tasted foul.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
When fouls are studied like the Zapruder Film, even the slightest contact takes on proportions that countries like Sweden would simply prefer to live without.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The team also committed 13 fouls to frustrate France and break up the flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Argentina have committed more fouls than England, yet have received half as many cautions.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Does the number of yellows match the number of fouls?
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
He wanted Ben to get the ball and drive straight toward Sanders, trying to draw the fourth and fifth fouls.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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
And his merchants and armies were making a befouled realm even fouler.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2017
"Foul as it is, Hell itself is made fouler by the presence of John."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2016
The spirit of Marc Bolan is banished and a fouler one installed.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2016
Every stool was looser than die one before, and smelled fouler.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
They gave off one of the foulest smells I have ever experienced.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 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
Kauf, where only the foulest criminals are sent.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
In a full count, Rushing fouled off another changeup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was the law of the blocked road and the fouled well—a pig loose on the highway, a tannery poisoning a shared stream, gunpowder stored where it might ignite and level the block.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The spot-kick was awarded in the ninth minute after Luka Modric fouled Noni Madueke.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ajay Mitchell was fouled after the inbounds pass and made two free throws for a 115-110 lead that stood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Hazelwood’s Mills takes it down, under full- court pressure, and—no—he’s fouled on the shot and will go to the line for two.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
Adrien Rabiot: Lucky to stay on the pitch after fouling Ruiz having already been booked for an early challenge on Dani Olmo.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The team from the land of Champagne, Renoir and haute couture has prepared for the tournament’s physical play, trash talk and persistent fouling.
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
And although they tried to create makeshift filters, the machines were fouling and overheating one after another.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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