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

“A novice forager should only eat wild mushrooms after they’ve been taught to identify them by an expert in their region,” Diaz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

There was an especially cute lamb made by Abbi, a forager who, like Dan, brought her own ingredients to the challenge, and a very sleek cartoon-style Highland cow by baker Josh.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023

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

Thirty thousand years ago, a Chinese forager might leave camp with her companions at, say, eight in the morning.

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