foul play
Example Sentences
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Jeremy, Bath: By that logic, virtually every single handball should be deemed no foul play as accidental!
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The Sierra Madre Police Department said Saturday that a man — at that point unidentified — died after having a medical emergency on the trail and that no foul play was suspected.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
“But obviously the pattern of foul play continues,” Bouchouev said in an email to MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
In one viral TikTok video, members of a senior-living community accuse their ex-friend of foul play: taking tiles out of turn and refusing to reveal her “winning” hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Others might have sprinted toward the sound to make sure there was no foul play, or maybe called out, asking if everyone was all right.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
