The phrase "a foiled assassination attempt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an assassination attempt that was unsuccessful or thwarted.
Example: "The police reported that they had successfully intervened in a foiled assassination attempt against the political leader."
Alternatives: "a thwarted assassination attempt" or "an unsuccessful assassination attempt".
Ultimately, the whole thing appears to be a mistake, rather than some kind of foiled assassination attempt or whatever.
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.
As the writers and producers sat down in spring 2007 to draw the outlines of Season 7, they knew, Mr. Gordon said, that most of the low-hanging fruit in the action genre had already been picked: Bauer had foiled assassination attempts, interrupted bomb plots, saved his family, lost his family and been imprisoned and tortured.
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.
Its first episode depicted a CIA attempt to foil an assassination attempt on Fidel Castro.
