as in frustrating
to prevent from achieving a goal
in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans
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Recent Examples of foiling
Ronny Maye, Essence, 7 Aug. 2025
Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
There’s no other boat that prepares you for the high-tech, foiling F50 than the F50 itself.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Customers will also be able to customize their pieces with silver or gold foiling with a choice of letters and motifs.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
Instead of doom-scrolling and checking e-mails, spend your device-free days exploring the Cayman reefs, wind foiling, or horseback riding.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
If speed is the thing, the Dolcevita Super is a good choice, but the Bluegame BGF45 foiling yacht is worthy of a look.
—Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
There’s no other boat that prepares you for the high-tech, foiling F50 than the F50 itself.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Customers will also be able to customize their pieces with silver or gold foiling with a choice of letters and motifs.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foiling
Verb
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There had already been one major let-off with Alisson thwarting Yilmaz, who had got in behind the makeshift right-back too easily.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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House Republican leaders have been thwarting efforts to get that vote.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The insistence on inserting Banks into the lineup continues to be baffling.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos had one baffling goal-line possession in the second quarter — two boot rollouts to Evan Engram, then a Wildcat package for RJ Harvey, then an interception on another Bo Nix rollout.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lightweight, portable, and convincing, the company’s models offer both deception and deterrence at relatively low cost.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The concept is raising concerns that the bloc is still too slow in improving its deterrence options, however.—
Silvia Amaro,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Higher tariff costs are hampering Nike's efforts to turn around its business.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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The rains brought the state capital to a standstill, seriously hampering preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja — the biggest annual festival of Hindus in West Bengal state.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Odegaard’s recent medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee will be doubly frustrating as a result, with that pair now missing opportunities to build more chemistry.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Label your bulbs now to avoid frustrating mix-ups later.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Ukraine need not destroy every element of the Russian military to achieve strategic neutralization—stripping away the enemy of its ability to achieve its objectives.—
ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
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And Value Chains: Companies reducing costs and emissions can gain market share, providing financial support for carbon neutralization.—
Morten Johansen,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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At that point, the Cowboys were well on their way to their second win of the season, defeating the New York Jets 37-22.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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After defeating Colorado 35-21 on Saturday, TCU sits at 4-1 and 1-1 in the conference two games into its Big 12 slate.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Palivizumab bound to the prefusion and postfusion F proteins, but the most strongly neutralizing antibodies against RSV were those that only targeted the virus’s prefusion structure.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Foiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foiling. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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