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as in feed
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as in to pursue
to go in search of
went foraging for change for the parking meter
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Recent Examples of forage
Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Many encounters have occurred in towns and villages where the animals forage for food, sometimes entering homes, and on at least two occasions, supermarkets.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Maybe more light means birds have more time to forage, resulting in more food to nourish offspring, says Pease.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Go crabbing, clamming, hiking, or mushroom foraging with a guide, head out for a fat-tire bike ride, or enjoy a beach bonfire, already set up for you, for the coziest way to end a day on the coast.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Many encounters have occurred in towns and villages where the animals forage for food, sometimes entering homes, and on at least two occasions, supermarkets.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Mushrooms are also very popular and many forage morels, chanterelles and oyster mushrooms.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Maybe more light means birds have more time to forage, resulting in more food to nourish offspring, says Pease.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forage
Noun
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Caracas may be hoping to secure long-range reconnaissance drones, which would likely need to be linked up to satellites to have usable live feeds, or be lusting after one-way attack drones.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Scrolling social feeds reveals a relentless parade of fireplace mantels draped in plaid and velvet, clusters of vintage nutcrackers beneath dark-wood shelves, and tablescapes positively roaring with holiday maximalism.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Badlands is set in the future on a remote alien planet, where Dek, a young Predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan and desperate to prove himself with his first official hunt, finds an unlikely ally in a robot named Thia (Elle Fanning).—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Water trucks roll past bunkers stacked with silage.—
Elly Fishman,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2025
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The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Electric vehicles have accelerated the search for more efficient and affordable ways to power next-generation transport.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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During the search for Kenney, Charleston police deployed multiple resources, including K9 units, an underwater recovery team, the police’s unmanned aerial system team and harbor patrol.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Kyiv has persistently targeted various types of sites linked to Moscow's military industry, from fuel depots to refineries funding its war effort to chemical factories grinding out supplies for ammunition.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The essentials – groceries and household supplies – remain the sole bright spots in consumer budgets.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This quest for self-reliance is not just about economics but explicitly tied to national security.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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As her mother’s failing health threatens the life of her unborn child, Ofelia undertakes a quest to complete the Faun’s tasks.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Any one of the topics covered in Johnson’s monologue could’ve been fodder for a stand-alone sketch.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Those questions are fodder for this Gone Girl-evoking series starring Succession’s Sarah Snook and a cast of other regulars in this genre, including Jack Lacy and Dakota Fanning.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The 38-foot-long aircraft, with a modular design, can fly more than 2,300 miles, deliver fighter-like performance, and enhance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and tactical early warning missions by fusing sensor and payload data from multiple platforms.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Developed for the Swedish Navy and aligned with NATO interoperability standards, the A26 is engineered for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), as well as long-range precision strikes and seabed warfare.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Forage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forage. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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