fouling
Example Sentences
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And after De Paula had worked a full count, swinging at a pair of fastballs and fouling off the second, he sent a slider to right field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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 ● 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 ● 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
The oarsmen felt ropes of kelp fouling their strokes with each pull.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
