Example Sentences

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"Normally people move further away from the board if they are fouling, but he told me to move in," said Ugen.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2022

Pungent, sometimes toxic blobs are fouling waterways from the Great Lakes to Chesapeake Bay, from the Snake River in Idaho to New York’s Finger Lakes and reservoirs in California’s Central Valley.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2017

“They can be good if the pitches are borderline pitches that you are fouling off, borderline strikes,” Manuel said.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2010

With both teams in the bonus already, I can’t understand why the teams are fouling so far away from the basket.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2010

But some of our key guys are fouling out.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers