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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as in to plunder
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Recent Examples of foray
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Eventually, the fox coaxed its tiny kits out of their den and led them on their first foray into the open.
—Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025
Yet some of their previous books that forayed into other cultures have felt stilted and distant.
—Joe Ray, Wired News, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Combining that idea with another one of his, that of a girl who brings back her father from the dead, Chaves has written Corpse Knight, an intense horror fantasy that is his first foray into comic books.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Eventually, the fox coaxed its tiny kits out of their den and led them on their first foray into the open.
—Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
The makeup brand has tapped R&B songstress Mariah the Scientist to front its newest Tube Job Mascara campaign, which has debuted exclusively on TikTok Shop, making Urban Decay the first brand within L’Oréal’s Luxe division to foray onto the social commerce platform.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025
Yet some of their previous books that forayed into other cultures have felt stilted and distant.
—Joe Ray, Wired News, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
Noun
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Trump’s incursion into Venezuela seemed to have brought the relationship to a dangerous inflection point.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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The moderate Republican has even introduced a longshot bill that would block funds for a US incursion on any NATO ally.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And how is attacking Venezuela with impunity any different from any other dictator plundering sovereign countries?—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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By delegitimizing the Islamic Republic as an occupying force—one that plunders national wealth to subsidize regional proxies—the opposition has effectively subverted the regime’s nationalist rhetoric.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 prompted unified Western sanctions, massive military aid, and rhetorical solidarity, but by late 2025, strategic divergences had widened amid battlefield stalemates, economic fatigue, and diplomatic initiatives.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The plaintiff seeks damages for privacy invasion, emotional distress, reputational harm and alleged placement on government watch lists.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Maye was strip-sacked by Danielle Hunter deep in Patriots territory, but left tackle Will Campbell fell on the ball and the Patriots punted.—
Kyle Hightower,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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This season, however, he was sacked at a far lower rate than ever before yet still ranked 17th in passing rating, just above the league average.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Federal agents arrested one person as part of the raid, and later, two protesters in the parking lot.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Other factors are driving up beef prices, too, including feed costs because of tariffs coming from Canada and labor shortages with immigrant raids on ranches.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That’s a similar provision to one that was hotly debated in a transgender rights bill that was passed last year after the provision was stripped out.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The cleanser’s versatile formula hydrates the skin without stripping it of essential oils and nutrients.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.—
Gaya Gupta,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2026
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Dozens of people, mostly in Minnesota’s substantial Somali population, have been charged with looting the program by setting up companies that billed the state for supplying food that was never delivered.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In a landscape of sequels and overly pillaged IP, the Stranger Things finale is finite and close-ended, the credits rolling once and for all.—
Yohana Desta,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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Certainly, its portrait of a futuristic society dominated by raping, pillaging youth gangs speaking a bizarre Russian-English hybrid slang struck a few different nerves — as did its tale of one teenage sociopath’s questionable reprogramming back into society after a stint in prison.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Foray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foray. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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