Sentence examples for a foiled plan from inspiring English sources

A foiled plan in July to set off explosions in London and Glasgow was the 15th attempted terrorist plot on British soil since 2001, officials say.

Since a foiled plan to blow up trans-Atlantic planes in the summer of 2006, passengers at British airports have been restricted to one carry-on bag.

The authorities had previously connected the plot to a foiled plan to detonate explosives aboard a New York subway and a suspected plot to bomb a busy shopping area in the northern England city of Manchester.

The 53-year-old, who was previously acquitted in June of charges relating to a foiled plan to attack an American school in Amman in 1999, has been released from prison.

In light of the disclosure about a foiled plan by Al Qaeda to make an underwear bomb that could blow up an aircraft, government officials have disagreed about whether advanced imaging technology would have detected such a bomb.

These include a foiled plan to down a Detroit-bound flight in 2009 using a new type of explosive hidden in the bomber's underwear, and another attempt a year later to send mail bombs hidden in printer cartridges on planes bound to the US from the Gulf.

Separately, the 53-year-old preacher was acquitted in June in another case, a foiled 1999 plan to attack an American school in Amman.

At least eight prisoners died in a New Year's Eve revolt in a Guatemalan prison that officials said was related to a foiled escape plan.

The preacher was also acquitted in another case in June involving a foiled 1999 plan to attack an American school in Amman.

Mr. Wehelie's predicament reflects the aggressive response of American counterterrorism officials to recent close calls with major terrorist plots: last year's foiled plan to blow up the New York City subway; the failed attempt to take down an airliner headed for Detroit on Dec. 25; and the fizzled car bombing in Times Square on May 1.

Often overlooked in the star's nearly 60-film oeuvre, however, is a recurrent theme of foiled plans and unreached destinations, of crash landings and turbulent seas, of interrupted journeys and uncertain repatriation.