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But we know something’s afoot when, away from Glenn’s eyes, Rickey quickly empties a tennis-ball can and fills it with dirt from the side of the road.

The price tags are higher than they should be, the inescapable muzak drones on and at my local supermarket, it seems as though a quiet conspiracy is afoot.

Although there are plans afoot for a possible TV or film adaptation of “Retreat,” Ritter is content to let her novel speak for itself.

A long convoy of armoured personnel tanks rolling through a Harare neighbourhood sparked concerns - for a brief moment - that a military coup was afoot in Zimbabwe.

More intrusive encounters require reasonable suspicion that a crime is afoot, according to the Congressional Research Service.