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foiled
adjective as in disappointed
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adjective as in done for
adjective as in frustrated
adjective as in restricted
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adjective as in unsuccessful
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Example Sentences
Long thought to be a chicken, Feathers was exposed as a penguin when Wallace and Gromit foiled his plan to rob a museum of a precious diamond.
It was during a shared golfing session in Florida last September that another alleged would-be Trump attacker was foiled by the Secret Service.
Their hanky-panky is foiled, but the attempted assignation seems completely random.
“If Iran commits violence against any of these men, Mr. Trump won’t be able to escape some responsibility,” the Journal’s editorial board said, referencing a foiled assassination plot against Bolton by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
But a letter that detailed the plot was found in a trash can by a guard and the plan was foiled.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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