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For centuries, foray referred only to a sudden or irregular invasion or attack, but in the late 19th century it began to venture into gentler semantic territory. While the newer sense of foray still involves a trek into a foreign territory, the travel is figurative: when you make this kind of foray, you dabble in an area, occupation, or pastime that’s new to you. Take the particularly apt example (stay tuned) of mushroom hunting. The likely ancestor of foray is an Anglo-French word referring to the violent sort who do invasion forays, but that word could also refer to a forager—that is, one who wanders in search of food. (Forage has the same etymological source.) Interestingly, foray has seen a resurgence of use connected to its foraging roots, as evidenced by the growing popularity of mycophile-led mushroom “forays” that have been lately popping up like toadstools.
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Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
Morgan’s work, co-produced by Netflix in the streamer’s first Broadway foray, maps a morality play onto its portrait of betrayal while also sketching Putin’s rise to power.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Investors are losing faith, in part worried that Musk’s many other commitments, including his foray into politics, are distracting him from successfully leading the company.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
During a week-long slate of shows at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, André was the headliner for the New Blue Sun tour, a monthslong trek highlighting his foray into being a flutist.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024
His foray into the art world has spurred critiques from some art critics who questioned the young artist’s skill level and early success.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
The Post-Truth World Mr. Gottlieb, who was a clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens and served on an Obama administration anti-corruption task force in Afghanistan, had his first foray into the post-truth world in 2016.
—Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
As longtime sufferers of hay fever, their foray into beekeeping was just a stab at soothing their swollen eyes and streaming nostrils.
—Frankie Adkins, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Outside of her forays into that galaxy far, far away, that brand of sharp deadpan comedy is perhaps what the former Princess Leia would become best known for.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
In 2001, Streep told Entertainment Weekly that The Devil Wears Prada marked her first and only foray into method acting.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
The Louis Vuitton and Dior-owner plans to foray into the entertainment industry worth billions of dollars in a venture called 22 Montaigne Entertainment, a nod to the address of LVMH’s Paris headquarters.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 23 Feb. 2024
The meeting was Putin’s first public assessment of the conflict since Ukrainian forces took the war into Russian territory, with drone strikes on Moscow on May 1 and again on May 30 and shelling and forays across the border in the Belgorod region on May 22.
—Peter Rutland, Fortune, 20 June 2023
The streaming landscape is littered with shows assembled from recognizable spare parts, forays far more cynical than Flanagan’s affectionate odes to the literary masters of horror.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
In recent years, she’s made headlines for testing her chops in dramatic fare, forays into music, becoming a producer and prepping her directorial debut.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2023
Some pairs — like Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel —met prior to foraying into Shondaland, while others — like Kevin McKidd and Danielle Savre — had crossover storylines that turned into real-life love.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
Rather, come for rich Polynesian cultural encounters and forays into lush rainforests to hike to thundering waterfalls.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
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“Foray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foray. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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