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
Belinda M. Paschal, USA Today, 27 June 2025
On the other hand, crypto-native companies like Circle have recently forayed into the public markets, making a strong debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 5, 2025.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Linebacker Fred Warner and center Jake Brendel also offered pearls of wisdom from their foray into fatherhood in recent years.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Noun
His return to pure comedy comes after Sandler spent several years foraying into more serious roles.
—Belinda M. Paschal, USA Today, 27 June 2025
On the other hand, crypto-native companies like Circle have recently forayed into the public markets, making a strong debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 5, 2025.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
But the payday also seems to give pause to any conjecture that the company's board was on ice with its CEO because of his foray into politics, Reuters reported, as sales continue to fall at the company.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Linebacker Fred Warner and center Jake Brendel also offered pearls of wisdom from their foray into fatherhood in recent years.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
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Scenarios encountered by drivers include other vehicles, pavement quality, debris on the road, pedestrians (alert or looking at their phone), traffic signals, signage, animal incursions, and weather variability which affects both perception and tire traction.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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To be sure, even if Europe is generally equipped to handle a possible Russian incursion, some specific U.S. ground systems will be difficult to replace.—
Christopher S. Chivvis,
Foreign Affairs,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Everybody could be tracked through their phone signal, and bank and cryptocurrency accounts could be plundered on a whim.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Although the passengers managed to swim or be hauled on ropes to shore, much of the ship’s cargo—which included tea, brandy, nails, iron, and Wright’s paintings—was lost, washed out of the ship’s hold and either plundered by a passing privateer and people living nearby or sunk below the waves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 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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The theory is that Favre took a dive so that New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan could sack him and break Gastineau’s record.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Wilson led the Dolphins to touchdowns on both his drives after replacing Tagovailoa for the second series of a 24-24 tie with Chicago last week, and he was sacked four times.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Since then, his administration has ramped up immigration raids on businesses, threatened widespread deportation, and canceled temporary legal status for more than a million people living in the United States.—
Alexander Kustov,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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In another instance, troops that went with a federal agency conducting a raid at a cannabis farm in Riverside County formed a security perimeter that prevented people from leaving.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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The amendment was initially adopted to the spending bill but then stripped on a party-line Republican vote.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
8 Aug. 2025
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The lawsuit is challenging the legality of 2022's Senate Bill 1, a wide-ranging measure aimed at Louisville with provisions stripping power from the Jefferson County Board of Education and giving it to Jefferson County Public Schools' superintendent.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On Valentine’s Day, the home of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban was burglarized after intruders allegedly smashed their way in before looting the residence.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Netanyahu government has repeatedly denied that a famine is taking place or that Israel is attempting to starve Palestinians by choking off food aid into the territories — often claiming that, despite scant evidence, Hamas is looting the supplies.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
11 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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The map is no longer an obstacle, freeing you up to focus on pillaging loot and preparing your character.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Foray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foray. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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