The aftereffects of this campaign may befoul our civic life for some time to come.
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The answers to those questions grow in size and seriousness as the breadth of the effort to befoul the democratic process becomes more and more apparent.
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According to scientific estimates, the 20 countries generate about half of all marine plastic litter, which has the potential to destroy ecosystems, obstruct navigation and befoul beaches.
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In observance of Independence Day, the Fox News Halftime Report will neither grace nor befoul your inbox for the remainder of the week – but we shall return on Monday.
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The floors, too, are likely to require some attention, but hold off on vacuuming, sweeping or mopping until the other surfaces are clean so that crumbs from the coffee table don't befoul the just-vacuumed carpet.
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"To many people in Buffalo, Judge Curtin had become an omnipotent authority figure, a man with the power to bless or befoul the community at his choosing," Mark Goldman wrote in "City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York" (2007).
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Robert Mueller , various state officials, and a legion of reporters around the country are dedicated to penetrating any stubborn mysteries that still linger, yet who can argue that there is insufficient evidence to make a rational judgment about the character of the man, the nature of his Presidency, and the climate he has done so much to create and befoul?
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In 2004, two commercials advertising the Ford SportKa in the UK proved controversial when they received complaints for their content. The first commercial included a parked SportKa as a pigeon flies toward it, presumably to befoul it. When the pigeon is within range the SportKa violently pops its hood, bashing the bird to its death. The second advertisement saw the SportKa opening its sunroof as if enticing a nearby cat to peer in.
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As Sinbad the Sailor was returning home with a shipload of treasures, he vanished and was presumed to be lost in the wilderness. His daughter Shabnam (Nadira) set out to search for him, and when she reached the "Island of Halem Alah", she ran befoul of the island's King who was himself under control of his own Vizier. She and the king's heir fall in love as it develops that Sinbad was a captive of the Vizier. The Vizier had been torturing Sinbad to learn the secrets of his treasure.
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The influence of the church as a place of pilgrimage may have been the reason behind the actions of Mecca's pagans who attempted to befoul the church. Between 552 and 555, Abreha organized a punitive expedition in response to this incident. In 685, the pretender to the throne of the Umayyad Caliphate Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, removed three columns along with a number of mosaics from the church, with intention of using them in the redecoration of the Great Mosque of Mecca. This incident marks the first recorded use of mosaics in Islamic architecture.
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