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Afoul
Afoul meaning
In a state of collision or entanglement. | In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
Example sentences (20)
As for Guyana, the President better serves the dignity of his office, when interference is not run for those who fall afoul of claims involving briberies, collusions, and betrayal of the trust of citizens.
Filming took years to complete — with a long break in the middle after the two key producers ran out of money and ran afoul of a vast array of creditors.
George Santos funding: A review of records and newly uncovered documents reveals that efforts to elect George Santos may have run afoul of campaign finance rules.
He’s a longtime politician who has run afoul of national Democrats for standing in the way of their priorities and been a target of Republicans, who were heretofore unable to dislodge him in West Virginia.
Instead of continuing on to the U.S., Ewing ran afoul of Japanese forces in the Philippines and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp.
The federal court said that ran afoul of the Wisconsin’s high-stakes election Tuesday, when control of the state’s high court could flip.
The lawsuit argues that Meta’s actions have run afoul of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
This tragic 19th century portrayal of working-class life in England is considered a Hardy masterpiece, but has nonetheless run afoul of Florida's censors.
Viking’s Orion is the second cruise ship to fall afoul of New Zealand officials in the past month.
Violators face felony charges, leading some teachers to cover or remove books from their classroom libraries for fear of running afoul of the law.
You can’t even buy a stove, a dishwasher, a showerhead, a leaf blower, or a lightbulb anymore without running afoul of the Nanny State.
After running afoul with a Shaman he has had to endure the horrors of the Black Chapel until a final showdown with the Shaman offers him a way of escape.
Biden — who is facing low approval ratings — and a few ther Democrats are wary of running afoul of the main pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) — a powerful force in US politics.
Both UC and CSU had expressed concerns about the bill, saying it could cause them to run afoul of federal law.
During a one-day break from the trial on Wednesday, Trump kept up his condemnation of the case, though stopped short of comments that might run afoul of the gag order.
Forest, who have not previously run afoul of the regulations, become the third club to have been charged by the Premier League, following Everton and champions Manchester City.
However, as superbly as the M777s have performed for the Ukrainians, their guns are running afoul of the dual demons of (1) wear and tear and (2) combat losses.
In recent months Jamaica has controversially run afoul of the United States, which has issued a travel warning for Jamaica to its citizens.
Merchan's gag order remained in effect even after jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts on May 30, as the former president ran afoul of the order 10 times during his trial.
More recently, we’ve seen this tactic deployed in order to justify policies that run afoul of the Constitution, ranging from immigration policies and mass surveillance programs to SWAT team raids, voting rights, and the erosion of due process.