forayed

past tense of foray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forayed
Verb
  • For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Villagers plundered the shrine and sold the bronzes to antiquities dealers like Robert Hecht, who faced allegations of smuggling before his death in 2012.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Their testimonies—detailing missing relatives, murdered family members, homes looted then burned—should shake us to our core.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • And he’s been attempting to help retrieve the Benin Bronzes, intricate sculptures looted in the 19th century from the Kingdom of Benin, today’s Benin City.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In the first incident, a tornado completely destroyed the building.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The war has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced most of the population and left nearly everyone dependent on international aid.
    Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That’s already ahead of Wisconsin’s 2023 national record of $56 million, which obliterated the previous high-water mark of $15 million set during the 2004 election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, even when adjusting for inflation.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Thanks to major investments in public health, diseases such as smallpox, polio, yellow fever, malaria, measles, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tuberculosis have either been obliterated or become vanishingly rare.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ferrari’s unhealthy reputation for muddling their decisions looked to have been eradicated last year in Fred Vasseur’s first season as team principal, but the issue has reared its head again over the opening two races of 2025.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Measles, once eradicated, is again spreading in New Mexico and West Texas and even in our own area, where vaccine skepticism has long had a foothold in some parts of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community.
    New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Forayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forayed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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