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noun

ˈfȯr-ˌā How to pronounce foray (audio)
Definition of foraynext
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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verb

as in to plunder

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Recent Examples of foray
Noun
When the Heat acquired Giannis Antetokounmpo in June, the natural instinct was to focus on the prodigious point production (57th all time), the volume rebounding (71st all time), the thunderous dunks and the ferocious forays to the basket. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 The project drew interest from more that 40 producers including major production companies with studio deals, independent financiers, and genre labels that would have been making their first foray into rom-com. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
In my view, forays far afield — for all seasons and all reasons —have led to systematic errors in the conduct of macroeconomic policy. — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026 After the 2004 season ended, Cooper forayed back into the NBA with the Denver Nuggets as an assistant in 2004 and as their interim head coach for a portion of the 2004-05 season. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foray
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
  1. incursion
  2. plunder
  3. invasion
  4. sack
  5. raid
  6. strip
  7. loot
  8. pillage
Noun
  • Scores of drones have crossed into Romanian airspace over the past two years, with officials attributing many of the incursions to Russia.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Lithuanian authorities urged residents in two northern counties along the Latvian border to take cover early Sunday because of a possible drone incursion, public broadcaster LRT reported.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of incursion
Verb
  • As noted recently by Deadline, other Chinese AI models continue to plunder IP, including MiniMax H3, which generated videos that violated studio brand safety standards 55% of the time when an image was used in a prompt.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of plunder
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  • After Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Germany, which in 2021 had imported more than half of its gas from Russia, initially opposed an embargo on Russian oil and gas before reversing course in May of that year.
    — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The prospect of a Chinese invasion has long loomed over Taiwan’s horizon.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of invasion
Verb
  • After Miami scored in the second OT period, Omar Thornton sacked Daniels on first down, forced an incompletion on second down, got FSU to commit a false start and forced another incompletion to set up fourth and 21.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • He was sacked five times as Texas lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2021.
    — Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of sack
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  • Feds seize 'Squad' member's phone in raid linked to immigration fraud probe.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • An area attorney and former chief public defender who was arrested earlier this year on multiple felony drug charges after a raid on his residence was arrested again early Monday on drug and gun charges following a traffic stop.
    — Steven Mross, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • Despite Ukraine's pause, officials in Kyiv said the country has been stripped of advance warnings of incoming ballistic missiles, as Starlink connectivity services had been restricted across the country, disrupting military operations.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Many of those stripped from the electoral rolls are appealing their removal—an often laborious process—but the possibility of mass disenfranchisement is real.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of strip
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  • The interior ministry reported assaults on police, looting and damage to public buildings, saying there have been at least 272 arrests nationwide.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The young people set fire to electric hire bikes and looted at least one shop, a CNN producer on the ground witnessed.
    — Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of loot
Verb
  • Shopkeepers who’ve found their livelihoods suddenly at stake wonder where the police were while groups looted and pillaged with impunity.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Sudan’s civil war, a conflict credibly described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, has seen violence matched only by the belligerents’ rapacity in pillaging the country’s riches.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
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