Foxtrot
Americannoun
noun
verb
noun
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On 15 March 2025, UnknownHustler forwarded him a message, which was in effect a Foxtrot online tender for business, known by police as VaaS.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The court heard how the Foxtrot Network had been sanctioned by both the UK and the US for its close links to the Iranian government.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Police in Iraqi Kurdistan have meanwhile arrested a key figure in the Foxtrot gang, according to Swedish radio.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
Foxtrot employees arrived at work on April 23 to find out they’d be laid off en masse.
From Slate ● May 16, 2024
These were Foxtrot class diesel-electric subs, fairly outdated by American standards.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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The Original Memphis Five recorded first, an instrumental foxtrot version in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
It was mainly square dancing, but we also learned to waltz, polka, schottische and foxtrot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
Former field hockey player Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin performed a foxtrot to Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes, gaining 23 points.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
As a child, I'd sit on the steps of our Detroit suburban home and watch my parents and their friends, fellow members of the Chinese diaspora, waltz, rumba and foxtrot the night away.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023
I went back to my room and fell soundly asleep for twenty minutes, and dreamed Julie was teaching me to foxtrot in the kitchen at Craig Castle.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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