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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Recent Examples of foray
Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Self-driving cars are now on the road in cities like San Francisco, Shenzhen, and Wuhan, and robotaxi firms are foraying into new markets like Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey star in the sequel as wholly original characters, as director Gareth Edwards makes his own foray into the franchise.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Infiltrating boardrooms like ‘a Trojan horse’ Beane, pictured above on the left with Pitt and Jonah Hill, who also stars in Moneyball, has forayed into football, too.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Self-driving cars are now on the road in cities like San Francisco, Shenzhen, and Wuhan, and robotaxi firms are foraying into new markets like Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Verb
While Manning started two games last season while Quinn Ewers was injured, this is his first foray into what being an SEC starting quarterback consists of.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey star in the sequel as wholly original characters, as director Gareth Edwards makes his own foray into the franchise.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
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Despite recent investments, the military gap with China continues to widen as Beijing continues to expand its vast missile arsenal and conduct near-daily incursions across the Taiwan Strait—previously a de facto boundary largely respected by both the Taiwanese and Chinese militaries.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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And the reality on the ground suggests that the two countries are still far from sealing any deal to end the Israeli military incursions into Syrian territory that have occurred since the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad in December 2024.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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The servants of this democratic republic’s machinery are, in truth, nothing but members of a mafia set up to plunder the island’s riches—and the West is complicit, with its own interests in the riches underground, in the ocean, from the soil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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The 18 runs plundered off one over was the most Jasprit Bumrah had ever conceded in Tests, leaving the bowler perplexed as he was replaced.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan's rugged terrain limits the number of beaches on which an invading PLA invasion source would be feasible, and these barges could deposit heavy vehicles beyond these beaches and directly onto coastal roads.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Along these lines, American casualties during the 1950 invasion of Korea by the North made US neutrality almost impossible.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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His uncles got sacked, picked off, hit in the mouth, too; both of them got up to ultimately win.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
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Phillips sacked Rodgers, a key play in the fourth quarter of a close game.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Yet there has been an asymmetry between the Sturm und Drang of that operation—a midnight raid featured agents rappelling from helicopters onto a South Side apartment building—and its effect.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Adults and children alike were pulled from their apartments, crying and screaming during the raid, which led to the arrests of 37 undocumented immigrants.—
Whitney Wild,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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But at some closed park locations, services will be stripped to the bone, including no trash collection, restrooms, road or walkway maintenance or visitor information.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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The next party leader could very well become the country’s next prime minister, but even that’s not guaranteed; voters delivered a clear rebuke in the past two parliamentary elections, delivering seats to opposition parties and stripping the LDP of its majority.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, objects looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 — commonly known as Benin Bronzes — have been returned to Nigeria, Asante artifacts have been returned to Ghana, and France has sent colonial-era skulls back to Madagascar.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the casualties include protesters and bystanders killed by members of the security forces, but also others killed in subsequent widespread violence and looting by individuals and gangs not associated with the protesters.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, members of the powerful Viv Ansanm gang coalition had pillaged and/or burned at least 410 residences and other buildings, including six schools, health centers and local nongovernmental organizations during the period.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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After the Broncos’ frontmen pillaged San Francisco for the better part of two hours, Castle Rock native and 49er Christian McCaffrey stood in front of reporters and confirmed what Denver’s offense has known for a few months.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Aug. 2025
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