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foreign

[fawr-in, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr- /


ADJECTIVE
not belonging to the place or body in which found
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Nepal's foreign minister warned on Saturday of the growing threat from climate change in the Himalayas, as China offered water and satellite data after devastating floods on their shared border killed hundreds.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Currently the resurgence is fuelled locally by anger over foreign trawlers which overfish in Somali waters, damaging the fishing industry that sustains communities in Puntland.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

In China, more than 550 people are missing, about half of them foreign tourists, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Wang, in a Chinese foreign ministry statement, said Beijing had "shared crucial information with Nepal, including disaster area imagery, satellite and hydrological data, as well as early warnings about upstream barrier lakes".

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Animals from foreign lands, preserved in formaldehyde or embalmed and stuffed with sawdust.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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