Sentence examples for foiled an attempt from inspiring English sources

"An Israeli tank force foiled an attempt tonight to attack Israeli civilians or soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip," an army announcement said.

Security forces foiled an attempt by militants two weeks ago to retake control of a post in the Bezoti area of Orakzai.

Batkid, foiled an attempt by a penguin to kidnap Lou Seal, the San Francisco Giants' mascot, and saved a damsel in distress on cable car tracks.

ON AUGUST 10th the British authorities declared they had foiled an attempt to cause carnage "on an unprecedented scale" by blowing up transatlantic flights.

In April, it was reported that an intelligence operation had foiled an attempt by suspected al-Qaeda sympathisers to explode a chemical bomb in Britain.

Gen. Azia Abdul Karim said today [July 29] the government has foiled an attempt backed by the United Arab Republic to topple the current regime.

Noriega foiled an attempted coup within the National Guard and then had nine of the officers involved tortured and summarily executed.

For the third time in 48 hours, an alert Israeli foiled an attempted suicide bombing on Tuesday.

In addition, the Syrian military foiled an attempted infiltration from the sea near Turkey, with a number of soldiers killed or wounded in a firefight, state-run media reported.

A5 Palestinian Bombers Thwarted Israeli traffic police officers foiled an attempted suicide bombing near Hadera when they chased two Palestinian men driving a stolen car, killing one in a shootout.

Israeli traffic police officers chasing two Palestinians traveling in a stolen car foiled an attempted suicide bombing today when they killed one of the men in a shootout and the second died when the vehicle exploded.