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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
foul .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective made dirty or foul
- adjective especially of a ship's lines etc
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Examples
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Yi Jianlain fouled out for the Nets with 3: 40 remaining.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Chris Bosh's dunk got Toronto closer, but Jones was again fouled and made both of his shots for the final margin with 8.4 seconds to go.
USATODAY.com 2007
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Notre Dame's Crystal Erwin fouled out with 4: 59 left, then was called for a technical while walking toward the bench.
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Martin fouled out of Game 1 and had five fouls each in Games 2 and 3.
USATODAY.com - Nets' backup guard could move to forefront 2003
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Korver missed a free throw with 21.2 seconds left and Howard grabbed the rebound and was again fouled, hitting 1-of-2 free throws.
NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Creighton vs. Wichita State 2002
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Ivan McFarlin fouled out with 15 points and seven rebounds and
NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Michigan State vs. Oklahoma State 2002
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With the Orangemen holding a 68-64 lead, Griffin fouled Willie
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El-Amin fouled Miller on the inbounds and the Cleveland quard hit both free throws, sealing the victory.
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¶City's captain, the Belgian defender Vincent Kompany, was shown a straight red card in the 12th minute for a two-footed challenge that, while technically illegal, was so innocuous that the player he "fouled" - the Portuguese winger Nani, who, everyone knows, would have gone down if there was even a hint of contact - merely stepped over it and turned to try to win back the ball.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW DAS 2012
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When people called fouled, the bank got mad at the messengers.
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2008
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