as in incursion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
made a nighttime foray into the enemy camp and took their command post
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as in to plunder
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Recent Examples of foray
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
His return to pure comedy comes after Sandler spent several years foraying into more serious roles.
—Belinda M. Paschal, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
Texas Democrats setting up their rump headquarters in Illinois, at least through Aug. 19, is the latest foray in this battle of political wills.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Ferrero, which began as a family business in Italy in the 1940s, has been foraying across the pond into North America.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
His return to pure comedy comes after Sandler spent several years foraying into more serious roles.
—Belinda M. Paschal, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Verb
Florida will track what other unhealthy foods SNAP recipients are eating, including online forays to score a Baby Ruth.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
Texas Democrats setting up their rump headquarters in Illinois, at least through Aug. 19, is the latest foray in this battle of political wills.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
Noun
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Moscow cut all gas transit through Ukraine to Europe several times before its initial 2014 incursion and shut off gas supplies to Bulgaria in 2022 and Moldova in early 2025.—
DANIEL S. HAMILTON,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2025
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An Israeli incursion into Deir al-Balah could either increase the pressure on Hamas to make a deal on Israel’s terms or push the group further away from the process.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
28 July 2025
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England's all-time top scorer, Harry Kane, finally ended his hunt for major silverware last term and starts afresh, hoping to take Die Roten to more plunder this term.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Players can plunder a dragon’s hoard one week and battle an undead star fleet the next.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Zelensky has also warned that territory conceded to Russia would simply be used as a springboard for further invasions, as happened with Crimea, illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, and used as a launchpad for the full-scale war in 2022.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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After a home invasion that put his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen) and kids Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) and Brady (Gage Monroe) in peril, Hutch snaps back to his old ways as an off-the-books government assassin and goes scorched earth on the bad guys.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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While those numbers were solid, he was also sacked 68 times, due much in part to the 23-year-old holding on to the football for too long.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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Hopper later sacked Milroe for a 3-yard loss on a fourth-and-2.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Key Background In June, Trump took control of the California National Guard to respond to ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles, quickly sending some 4,000 troops to the city.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Earlier in January, Homan was joined by the TV personality Dr. Phil in a blitz of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Chicago.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In an interview with GQ, Malone admitted that stripping down to his skivvies was a bit intimidating.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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For instance, astronomers have seen stars that have been stripped of their hydrogen layer, but are still cloaked in helium, carbon and oxygen.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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In the last few months, Hamas has violently looted the aid trucks meant to get to Palestinian civilians.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
20 Aug. 2025
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The actual plotlines of whose toney East End digs get looted won’t be revealed until next spring when season 2 debuts.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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The Mountain West has subsequently pillaged lower levels for new members, and the domino effect has left many mid-majors in a state of unease at best, total disarray and panic at worst.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The warriors who pillaged distant lands, for instance, returned with at least 20,000 elephants, lions, leopards and other exotic creatures that were paraded in public spaces and killed in gruesome displays of power, their meat likely distributed to city residents.—
Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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“Foray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foray. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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