Sentence examples for foiled it from inspiring English sources

That, at any rate, was the plan, but Koscielny foiled it himself with a slack pass.

At first, people said that it was a confrontation between Mullah Naquib and Gul Agha, but it turned out that one of Gul Agha's commanders, who claimed that he hadn't been paid his salary, had led his soldiers on a robbery expedition, and the local police chief had foiled it.

Determined immigrants foiled it by attaching hooks and screws to their shoes.

However, the Sixers foiled it: when Barry ran past Thurmond's pick and drove to the basket, he was picked up by Chet Walker, making it impossible to shoot; Thurmond was covered by Chamberlain, which made it impossible to pass.

Still, while the plot was foiled, it underscored longstanding concerns that unsecured radioactive material in the former Soviet Union might fall into the wrong hands.

It is, indeed, a wonderful game to watch on TV and you often need two replays to appreciate the subplots, feints and skill that made a play successful, or that foiled it.

Or is Aafrin actually foiling it?

And it spells failure for opponents of the international agreement who sought to foil it by turning Congress against it.

Then they would claim the prisoner was trying to escape and get three days off for foiling it".

Later on, when Elena and Nico plan a sexual rendezvous, Dani tries to foil it by telling Elena that Nico is gay.

The problem with the notoriety system was that player-killers, or PKs, soon figured out a way to foil it.