Foiling (Noun)
Meaning
An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The politician's opponents were constantly foiling her attempts to pass the bill into law.
- The company's competitors were foiling their marketing strategies by poaching their top talent.
- Despite the detective's best efforts, the suspect's alibis were foiling her attempts to build a case against him.
- The activist group was foiling the corporation's plans to build a new factory in the environmentally sensitive area.
- The cybersecurity team was foiling the hackers' attempts to breach the company's database by implementing multiple layers of security.