Sentence examples for foiled plan from inspiring English sources

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'foiled plan' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that someone's plan or attempt to do something has been unsuccessful. Example: His plan to steal the crown jewels was foiled by the police.

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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.

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In the series, every episode ends in frustration, foiled plans and disappointment.

But after a new trial, a three-judge panel convicted her again, sentencing her to 20 years for having helped the rebels in their foiled plans to attack Peru's congress in 1994.

He too wanted to become a teacher, but could not afford to go to university, and being short-sighted foiled plans for a military career, she said.

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.

Bartolo would love to take revenge on Figaro for having earlier foiled his plan to marry Rosina (now the Countess).

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