Examples of 'was foiled' in a sentence

Meaning of "was foiled"

To be foiled means to be prevented or hindered from achieving a goal or plan. It implies that someone's efforts or ambitions were unsuccessful or thwarted. This phrase is commonly used to describe failed attempts or actions

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The criminal case was foiled on the matter.
The second robbery attempt was foiled.
His attempt was foiled by a feisty local woman.
The attempted assassination was foiled and.
But his plan was foiled by a group of guards.
A second suicide bombing attempt was foiled.
The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.
It was foiled when their plans were discovered.
His first escape attempt was foiled by an informant.
She was foiled by security guards and the police.
Attempt to escape was foiled by the police.
He was foiled in his attempt.
Air traffic conspiracy was foiled by security services.
This was foiled through the alertness of the revolutionaries in the party.
That third major blow was foiled by a string of arrests.

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That was when their plan was foiled.
The first attack was foiled by her spirit alone.
Was foiled in a single night.
The whole thing was foiled after the.
The plot was foiled during a routine cell inspection at the prison.
Another launch attempt yesterday was foiled by high winds.
But my plan was foiled because of these four fools.
Our entire plan was foiled.
That plan was foiled the day she learned.
The breakout plot was foiled.
The attack was foiled when the wind changed.
A terrorist plot was foiled.
The plot was foiled and the conspirators executed.
The attack was foiled.
This plan was foiled when he lost the first match.
The inquiry was foiled.
The plan was foiled by alert citizens.
The attempt was foiled.
The attempt was foiled by guards but led to disturbances in several blocks.
Breakout attempt was foiled.
Satan was foiled again.
Already my plan was foiled.
This plan was foiled and the prime computer was seemingly destroyed.
Their rescue was foiled.
The coup was foiled following the arrest of the officers involved.
My revolution was foiled.
I was foiled by my colleague.
Imagination was foiled.
The raid was foiled by members of the public who bravely disregarded their own safety.
Now the historian will obviously want to know whether this plot was foiled or not.
Her second attack was foiled by a severe rain squall.
Geralt discovers an attempt by the Cintrian to steal a jewel that was foiled.
That the robbery was foiled and the money was saved.
Yesterday an Israeli strike on the south and center sectors was foiled.
They allege the attempt was foiled because pilots refused to land secretly.

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But she foiled his plans by escaping
The criminal case was foiled on the matter
You foiled me for the last time
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