Block specific URL in htaccess in Wordpress - wordpress

I am using this code that blocks a URL with the word foo
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^foo - [F]
It works fine, but, how do I make it work with the existing .htaccess code from WP which is below?
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress


It's just a case of putting that rule before the WordPress code block.
For example:
# Block all URLs that start with "/foo"
RewriteRule ^foo - [F]
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
See also my answer to the following question on the WordPress SE site that goes into detail if you are still having problems:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/376875/blocking-access-to-all-post-tag-uris-via-htaccess

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I'm a bit confused because there's a second htaccess file one level above, that looks like this:
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RewriteEngine On
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Lots of topics similar to this one but nothing seems to have worked so far. First time posting on this site - apologies if I miss off anything vital!!
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`# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /ilead/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /ilead/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
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# BEGIN WordPress
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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RewriteEngine On
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
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# END WordPress
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RewriteBase /
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