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foray

[fawr-ey, for-ey] / ˈfɔr eɪ, ˈfɒr eɪ /


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This marks his first foray into sports ownership, although he will not join Liverpool's board.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The order marks Trump’s latest foray into the design and development of major military programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Winograde and Rovner spoke about their foray into this new type of programming, how they hope to differentiate themselves and more.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

One evening I got back to the barracks late from a wood-–gathering foray outside the walls.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Two of the vessel's hantavirus victims -- a married Dutch couple -- had traveled extensively in Argentina for four months, with forays into Chile and Uruguay.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

"I just happened to be given two gloves and I got into the habit of wearing them," Rai said of his early forays into the game.

From BBC May 18, 2026

When Tesla reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, the numbers could once again play second fiddle to narrative details about the company’s futuristic forays into robotaxis and humanoid robots.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

The global prominence of K-pop provided a model for training and a ready fanbase for its zingy, powerfully sung forays through pop, club and hip-hop.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

The Wide Patrols began as mere forays or raids, led by Woundwort, into the surrounding country.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Inspired by saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, Lee forayed into jazz, picking up his first bass while attending Morehouse College in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2023

Recently, the company even forayed into building a zero carbon emission racing vehicle to compete in the Baja 1000, a grueling Mexican off-road race approximately 850 miles long.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2021

Her parents have also forayed into the reality show world.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2019

The team stayed at Peveril of the Peak hotel, in nearby Thorpe, but frequently forayed into the livelier Ashbourne.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2016

I have my mother’s thin blood, the kind so easily forayed by a chilly draft, an unexpected rain.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Several major investment and private equity firms are also foraying into the private credit market to fill the chasm created in tech funding, especially debt financing, by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March.

From Reuters Jun. 29, 2023

As Ford sped forward, a sea of red-coated musicians cavorted and pranced across the south end of the field, foraying past the 20-yard line.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2021

Their sit-and-wait technique involved male baboons hovering around urban perimeters before foraying into the city.

From National Geographic Jan. 26, 2018

While Fletcher and his students are foraying into other applications of the mobile microscope, such as examining your skin or testing for malaria and Tb, MIT’s Ramesh Raskar has become known as the ‘Eye Guy.’

From Forbes Jul. 1, 2014

For I knew that if I only kept quiet I should see that which I had never yet seen—the home-coming of our famous foraying Duke.

From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett




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