forager

Example Sentences

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On an off-day hike, Newton and a forager friend had to spring into action when a restaurant called with an order for five pounds of ramps to be delivered the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The space was redolent of chanterelles, a bowlful of which she’d just received from a forager friend in exchange for a burger.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

“Once you’ve bit down on a fresh muscadine, juice and pulp bursting onto your tongue, table grapes will seem flavorless,” says Betsy Harris, a forager living in northern Florida.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

A forager has found a mushroom so rare that she will not share its location for fear of it being damaged.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

A typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to only one type of sweet food—ripe fruit.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari