forayed

past tense of foray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forayed
Verb
  • Along with goods for trade and plundered wealth, concepts of the soul have traveled the networks of empire.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Indonesia was previously stripped of its right to host football's under-20 World Cup when the governor of Bali refused to host Team Israel in a game in 2023.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The goalie was again tested early in the middle frame when Wild captain Jared Spurgeon was stripped of the puck at the blue line, springing New Jersey star Jack Hughes on a breakaway.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • California museum’s collection looted Police are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 items taken from the Oakland Museum of California.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Criminality has shot up across the territory during the war; some of it is attributable to Israeli military support for clan gangs that have systematically looted aid convoys.
    Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • But the Panthers held him out of the end zone and sacked him once.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Williams had 136 passing yards and was only sacked once.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Families in the region were already hurting before the shutdown due to the Dragon Bravo Fire that ravaged the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for nearly three months, Amos said.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The San Francisco 49ers have been hanging tough despite being ravaged by the injury bug for the second year in a row.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Herodotus reasoned that had Helen in fact been within the walls of Troy instead of in Egypt, the Trojans would surely have surrendered her to the Greeks rather than allow their city to be destroyed.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Forayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forayed. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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