foiling

[ US /ˈfɔɪɫɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔ‍ɪlɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
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How To Use foiling In A Sentence

  • Check that link for details - and a MythBusters episode where they make a gelatin fingerprint and go around foiling locks with it. Bad Science: Biometric security is weak.
  • She wanted to ignore him, but he kept foiling her best attempts.
  • Intelligence director fibs about wiretap law's role in foiling terror plot Boing Boing
  • As “Kid Devil”, he assisted his hero in foiling an airplane hijacking, and later helped defeat one of his enemies, the Vanquisher. DC Thursday Thirteen - SciFiChick.com
  • In a country where the threat level remains "severe"—notwithstanding whispers that it may be dropped a notch over the next year—a focus on foiling terrorist plots is understandable.
  • Intel pros say Bush is lying about foiling 2002 terror attack yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Intel pros say Bush is lying about foiling 2002 terror attack'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Outraged intelligence professionals say President George W. Bush is "cheapening" and "politicizing" their work with claims the United States foiled a planned terrorist attack against Los Angeles in 2002.' Intel pros say Bush is lying about foiling 2002 terror attack
  • So far as the overall security picture is concerned, the strategy is working, not least because of the help the West receives from Pakistan in foiling potential terrorist attacks. 10 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq
  • The recent foiling of a terrorist plot to attack a New York City synagogue has caused some to question the wiseness of Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo prisons and bring its detainees to the United States. Allison Kilkenny: Missing Weapons: The Nation's Great Threat
  • Common-sense tips on foiling burglars/yeggs/bad guys/home invaders.
  • The postman hasn’t delivered our mail since we returned from Florida, so apparently I’ll have to make a trip to the post office and pick it up (since they won’t answer the phone!!) And now this huge snowstorm is coming, foiling my plans for Friday, which included going back to the office, getting the dogs haircuts, and rehearsing with students for a music competition on Saturday. 2008 January « Becca’s Byline
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