foul play

Example Sentences

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An autopsy did not reveal any evidence of foul play.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Nanos’s words offered a grim signal that foul play was involved in the disappearance of Guthrie, an 84-year-old with health issues who, her family says, relies on daily medication for survival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The referee did not show Senesi a card having deemed it to not be foul play.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The UK government last year ruled out foul play.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

When the girl’s stepfather, Henry Smith, noticed her disappearance, he suspected foul play and set out to search for her in the woods near the Negro community of Egypt Town just outside of New London.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez