The phrase "a foiled assassination" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an assassination attempt that has been thwarted or prevented.
Example: "The police reported that a foiled assassination plot against the political leader was uncovered just in time."
Alternatives: "a thwarted assassination" or "a prevented assassination".
The Dutch letter also describes a foiled assassination in Denmark local authorities uncovered in September.
State television's decision to report a foiled assassination plot against him in the week of the election provoked cynical laughter.
Opponents of Mr. Morales said it was too early to describe the episode as a foiled assassination plot without detailed proof.
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When Iran was suspected of being behind a foiled assassination plot in Denmark last October, Europe's initially muted response struck some as an effort to preserve the deal at all costs.
Iran has also dramatically expanded its diplomatic missions throughout the hemisphere and dispatched members of its elite Quds Force — the military unit U.S. officials in October linked to a foiled assassination plot in Washington — to serve in its embassies, U.S. officials and Iran experts say.
Ultimately, the whole thing appears to be a mistake, rather than some kind of foiled assassination attempt or whatever.
In recent months, NBC News notes, QAnon followers have allegedly been involved in a foiled presidential assassination plot, a devastating California wildfire and an armed standoff with local law enforcement in Arizona.
The foiled assassination of Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington involved a similar plan to hire criminal gangs — in this case, members of a Mexican drug cartel — to kill a senior diplomat in a public setting, U.S. intelligence officials note.
EIJ claimed responsibility for foiled assassination attempts on Interior Minister Hassan al-Alfi in August 1993 and Prime Minister Atef Sedky in November 1993.
In Berezovsky's case, one might argue, it was a distinction without a difference: the former Kremlin kingmaker had been hounded by Russian agents for years, and Scotland Yard had foiled assassination attempts against him.
