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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
In the post, Hackett explained his abrupt departure from the Saturday show, which was part of his dual Genesis Revisited 2024 North America and Foxtrot at 50 tours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Deux is now sold at some Whole Foods stores, Erewhon Market and Foxtrot grocery stores.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
These were Foxtrot class diesel-electric subs, fairly outdated by American standards.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
The Original Memphis Five recorded first, an instrumental foxtrot version in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Comedian Chris McCausland, the show's first blind contestant, performed a foxtrot with his partner Dianne Buswell to Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy by The Tams, which went down well.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
Dancing the foxtrot to Katy Perry’s “Unconditionally” and a freestyle dance to District 78’s “Que Calor,” Gomez and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, got perfect scores to secure the top prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
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 don’t care if you’ve got the rumbling foxtrot, you aren’t getting inside this Abbey. If you want to speak to anyone, then speak to me.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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