How to Use fall foul of in a Sentence

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• Now the world is waiting to see which giant will be first to fall foul of the law.
  — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2024
• Rare is the manager who does not fall foul of its fiery nature.
  — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
• So, how could a tweet addressed to a dead man fall foul of Scottish law?
  — Iona Italia, Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2021
• There are also rules about logo size, but Tiafoe did not fall foul of these.
  — James Hansen, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• Even the golden boy of slow cooking can fall foul of the moderator’s rules.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 17 Nov. 2022
• The beverage maker isn’t the only one to fall foul of the apparent tax crackdown.
  — Laura He, CNN, 21 June 2024
• Financial services firms that fall foul of the new rules can face fines of up to 2% of annual global revenue.
  — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
• If Chinese firms fall foul of the Western legal system there will be consequences.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
• That will further drive usage and these companies are also unlikely to fall foul of regulation.
  — Sarah Kocianski, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• The last big union, Bertelsmann’s takeover in 2013 of Penguin, did not fall foul of antitrust guardians.
  — The Economist, 25 Nov. 2020
• Livestreamers can also easily fall foul of China's online censors.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 June 2022
• In short, even people who are not Chinese citizens and live outside of Hong Kong can fall foul of the new legislation.
  — Ben Westcott, CNN, 3 July 2020
• Publishing footage of prisoners of war can fall foul of the Geneva Conventions, or rules for how people can be treated during war.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
• For financial firms that fall foul of the new rules, EU authorities will have the power to levy fines of up to 2% of their annual global revenues.
  — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024
• Takanashi was not the only one to fall foul of the rules as Germany, Austria and Norway also suffered disqualifications.
  — NBC News, 9 Feb. 2022
• However, a transfer to Palmeiras at this time would fall foul of rules in Spain which state players returning from loan to their parent club must do so when the transfer window is open so the player can be re-registered with the parent club.
  — Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
• Burnley’s Martin Dubravka became the first Premier League ’keeper to fall foul of that in their opening fixture away to Tottenham Hotspur.
  — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
• Defying warnings from a senior Hong Kong official that the vote might fall foul of the national security law, residents young and old flocked to over 250 polling stations across the city, manned by thousands of volunteers.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2020