foul

Shirt pulling is not in itself an automatic foul.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

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 ● Oct. 31, 2026

He likely would have won a second MVP in 2019 if he hadn’t fractured his kneecap on a foul ball that September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

She described black soot on window sills and foul odors drifting through the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the thousands of foul shots I had taken while practicing for this moment, my mind had learned where the rim was.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

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 ● Oct. 28, 2026

He actually did everything the team needed - ran with the ball, looked after it, bought fouls, tried his best to get others sent off.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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

“That’s four fouls, Drew!” he shouted to our King James.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

In the past, winks at some of the fouler ideas out there was enough to titillate the audience while keeping up the pretense of respectability.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

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 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

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

But by 1850, his family said he was a "changed man", with the former leader describing slavery as "by far the foulest crime that taints the history of mankind".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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

When the lesson was done, in the foulest of moods, he fled.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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

Nico O'Reilly: Solid going forward but had his work cut out against Munoz and was inevitably booked when he fouled the Spaniard in the second-half.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The Lakers duo linked up on the very first play against the Sacramento Kings, with Reaves passing to Doncic as he cut to the basket before scoring while being fouled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Has Werner ever seen snow this white, snow that was not fouled immediately with ash and coal dust?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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

“You know how much Dusty Muleman got fined for dumping his holding tank? For fouling nature with that awful crap? Guess what his punishment was!”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen