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Police in Iraqi Kurdistan have meanwhile arrested a key figure in the Foxtrot gang, according to Swedish radio.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
Along with Foxtrot’s assets, Further Point Enterprises acquired the right to relaunch Foxtrot without cleaning up the company’s metaphorical, and in some cases literal, messes.
From Slate • May 16, 2024
By the end of her trip, she spent 44 hours in transit on her plane, Executive One Foxtrot, or in a bulletproof SUV, traveling more than 20,000 miles round trip in less than a week.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023
Daddy Is a Legend was second and Juliet Foxtrot finished third.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2019
These were Foxtrot class diesel-electric subs, fairly outdated by American standards.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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