Sentence examples for foil what from inspiring English sources
He said he started the campaign to foil what he called an American plan to reorient the government by bringing in Sunnis sympathetic to the Baath Party.
And the group remains poised to use the Internet to try to foil what it perceives as attempts to despoil wilderness.
On Tuesday, White House spokesman Earnest praised law enforcement for their actions to "foil what appears to be an attempted terrorist attack", saying the entire incident was still under investigation by the FBI and other federal agencies.
But on Wednesday night, the neighborly calm in this part of the Bronx was shattered when armored police vehicles, including an 18-wheeler, moved in to foil what officials called a terrorist plot to blow up two synagogues on Independence Avenue.
Bartow Police Chief Joe Hall provided new details Wednesday about the alleged plot, saying officers were able to foil what otherwise could have been a tragedy thanks to a tip to school administrators.
So, to the extent the opposite meaning needs a literal foil, what Charlie Hebdo provides us -- in an atmosphere crying out for understanding -- is a manifest image in which Muhammad is not blasphemed at all, but makes himself visible against that peaceable green because the actions in his name are not representative of him and forgiveness (beyond just intolerance of satire) is in order.
He foiled what was sometimes solid defense by Snow and turned a 45-43 lead into a 55-47 advantage.
In May, the Indonesian authorities foiled what they said was a plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta in retaliation for the assaults on Muslims.
The consequence was that the application for an interim injunction went nowhere and the minister had foiled what he publicly portrayed as legal trickery.
Neighbors foiled what police say was an attempt to steal a chunk of a cinderblock wall bearing a painting by the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy.
It was a wild come-from-behind win, foiling what would have been one of the biggest upsets in women's N.C.A.A. tournament history and demonstrating the Huskies' fierce determination to prevail.
