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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 relief even if prices were high, says Ludmilla, as people have had to forage for food in the abandoned homes of neighbours.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

I don’t want to have to forage every meal.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

A curious sea otter pup peeks out from behind a column of kelp while it forages for crabs or snails off California’s Monterey Bay.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 14, 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

Patterson's lawyers have also argued a prosecution theory about how the death cap mushrooms were located and foraged should not have been allowed to be put to the jury.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

But officials said the man, who was described as being of “Hispanic descent,” died after eating wild mushrooms foraged at a regional park in the county.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Andrew is not exaggerating: The journal is little more than a tally of plants foraged and game killed.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

He even brought several of the family's goats which I can now see nibbling at scraps nearby, foraging amidst the discarded canisters of cooking gas and empty plastic bottles.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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

If a new queen survives until her first brood emerges as adult workers, though, then the odds are in her favour as she no longer needs to undertake risky foraging.

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

Toward dusk, the foraging group I’d been tailing began to call out and move to the center of the enclosure.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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