foul
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With 8:02 left in the fourth and the Lakers down 95-80, Matisse Thybulle was hit with a technical foul and Curry made the ensuing free throw.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 31, 2026
In the 1940s, this process left a putrid scum so foul in Maine’s Androscoggin River that residents of Lewiston would vomit, and enterprising children would sell clothespins for clamping over noses.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2026
The Jazz guard drove on Williams and was called for a push-off foul as Williams stumbled backward.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2026
Most ingeniously, Cole decided that foul balls caught by fans were recorded as outs—a heretical breaking of the fourth wall that became a Banana Ball staple.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 27, 2026
And second because the foul mood in the air meant I could really get trampled if I didn’t get inside before the bell rang.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
He committed two fouls during the cameo appearance and the Lakers’ six-point lead at the end of the first quarter turned into a two-point deficit by the time Looney subbed out.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2026
Portland’s Toumani Camara and Morant were also whistled for flops, and all of the calls came in the fourth quarter of a tight game that saw 52 total personal fouls and 71 free throws.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 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 β Aug. 15, 2026
But against Spain, he took part in his side’s relentless harassing of a technically superior team as it racked up a World Cup final record of 26 fouls.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 21, 2026
He shouted something about Quidditch fouls when Harry roughly shook him awake.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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 β Nov. 22, 2017
And his merchants and armies were making a befouled realm even fouler.
From Slate β Feb. 6, 2017
"Foul as it is, Hell itself is made fouler by the presence of John."
From BBC β Oct. 18, 2016
The spirit of Marc Bolan is banished and a fouler one installed.
From The Guardian β Jan. 12, 2016
The weather was growing fouler every day as the Antarctic winter approached, with hard frosts and cold rain.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
They gave off one of the foulest smells I have ever experienced.
From BBC β Dec. 20, 2023
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 β Dec. 15, 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 β May 11, 2020
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 β Dec. 21, 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
Kessler then went to work on the boards, grabbing an offensive rebound and scoring on a reverse layup while being fouled by Brook Lopez.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 24, 2026
He fouled off Snell’s fastball, changeup, curveball and slider.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 15, 2026
The average fastball in this postseason: 96.2 mph, according to analyst Mike Petriello’s close-up of all the different ways Ohtani’s swing is fouled up.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 14, 2026
At one point, he fouled off six straight before drawing a walk to load the bases.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 13, 2026
The leprechauns, who had risen angrily into the air like a swarm of glittering hornets when Mullet had been fouled, now darted together to form the words “HA, HA, HA!”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
He battled Rays reliever Ian Seymour for eight pitches, fouling off a collection of well-placed fastballs.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 25, 2026
Adrien Rabiot: Lucky to stay on the pitch after fouling Ruiz having already been booked for an early challenge on Dani Olmo.
From BBC β Jul. 14, 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 β 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 β Jul. 6, 2026
Rabbits will not excrete underground and Kehaar’s habit of fouling his own nest had always disgusted Hazel.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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