foul
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The commission's Affordable Housing Act aims to provide cities with legal cover, clarifying when authorities can take action without falling foul of EU single market rules.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Blatant foul on Matheus Cunha earned a booking but probably worth it as it stopped the Brazilian racing into the box.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Luckily, it’s a noise so foul and utterly dread-inducing that it’s unmistakable: TA-DUM!
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
People go missing every day, whether by foul play or accident, and they have a right to our best efforts to bring them home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He put his hand on the glass, smearing it with whatever foul fluid passed for his sweat.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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
The VAR will not be able to review defensive fouls before the ball is in play because it is not possible to give a penalty.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Marc Cucurella: Booked for two fouls in quick succession on Olise.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
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
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
Many have experienced its foulest moods and nowadays can even record what they’ve seen on their smartphones, then share the footage online.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023
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
Not even 20 minutes in, he pops out in a bathrobe, gold chain, his juiciest Jheri curl and foulest mood.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
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
He recruited his army from the foulest criminals ever vomited up by corrupt prison systems anywhere in the world.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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
You're making a judgement as to whether a player has been fouled.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
Harry Kane's opening goal from the penalty spot came after Noni Madueke was fouled following a Rice cross - and the England captain headed home his second from a Rice corner.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
She fouled her bedding during the first day.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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
Austin Reaves had 19 points and five assists before fouling out with 4:58 left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
The oarsmen felt ropes of kelp fouling their strokes with each pull.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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