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forage

[fawr-ij, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- /


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At first, Americans mostly grew soybeans as forage and livestock feed.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

But with the water shortage leaving a dearth of forage grass and hay, she said it’s getting much harder to earn a living.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Simply knowing a predator is nearby can alter where animals travel, when they are active, and how they forage, creating effects that spread throughout an ecosystem.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

A camera trap in Tasmania originally set to photograph quolls captured a possum mother and joey passing nightly to forage.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Others were edging out into the pastures alongside the road looking for forage.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

We were planning adventures, date nights and what we would cook with our forages from the farmers’ market.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Chef Mo, who owns a tiny hole-in-the-wall eatery in Jeonju, forages her own mushrooms on the mountainside, grows produce in her backyard and makes most of her laborious, time-intensive dishes from scratch.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025

Ms Avery says she uses the ingredients she forages as inspiration for her products at L.A.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

While one bird protects the chicks—usually two—the partner forages at sea.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 30, 2023

Emma didn’t mind his experiments with her flowers or his forages into her sewing box for threads to use in his experiments.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

The skull anatomy indicates that the dodo may not have been active only during the daytime and could also have moved or foraged around dawn and dusk.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Three people were recently hospitalized after eating poisonous wild mushrooms foraged in California wine country amid an unprecedented outbreak of illness and deaths linked to the practice statewide, health officials in Napa County announced.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

“With these foraged apples, you can sprinkle that in to add complexity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Admitting she had foraged wild mushrooms, as many locals in the area do, wouldn't have set off alarm bells.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025

He’d dug too many ditches, cut down too many cottonwoods, foraged in the cold, wet woods for too many berries and mushrooms.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Karen fights inflation by traveling during off-peak weekdays, making her own yogurt, and foraging for free, blemished produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

With the decline of logging and cannabis as livelihoods, they see income from tourists attracted by ultramarathons, mushroom foraging and other outdoor activities as a financial savior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

However, fungi-related content continues to grow in popularity on social media, with posts showcasing unusual mushrooms and foraging finds attracting large audiences.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

One day he was walking around Cambridge, foraging for beetles to study.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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