forage

Example Sentences

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It enabled our ancestors to forage for food and water during the hottest period of the day, with sweat to keep them from overheating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Species that feed on invertebrates, forage along the bottom, or rely on ambush strategies to catch prey also showed higher rates of contamination compared with other fish.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

Saudi Arabia has banned the domestic farming of alfalfa and other forage crops because the country’s groundwater has been depleted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

The drovers would forage along the way, picking berries, acorns and gleaning corn for the birds to eat.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

I pull on trousers, a shirt, tuck my long dark braid up into a cap, and grab my forage bag.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins