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Lukas Haraslin has fouled and been fouled and yeah that's about it.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024

Mexico has broken ground on a long-awaited replacement for a crumbling wastewater treatment plant in Baja California that officials said will dramatically reduce the discharge of sewage that has fouled San Diego and Tijuana shorelines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

For now, the former has fouled the prospects for the latter.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

Smoke and ash billowing from the fires has fouled the air throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and along California’s scenic central coast.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2020

Nor can one who has fouled a stream or the air, or who indulges in disturbing noises, defend himself for doing these things by showing that others did them before he began.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney