forayed

past tense of foray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forayed
Verb
  • Pahlavi ruled from 1941 to 1979, when the Islamic Revolution ousted him amid allegations of repression and accusations that the pro-Western longtime ruler had plundered his nation’s treasury.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Abroad, America’s élite soldiers killed and plundered.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Sources say that the Princesses are furious at Prince William for allegedly threatening to revoke their titles as Princesses after their father ex-Prince Andrew, got his titles stripped.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The self-laceration is done on Damon Albarn Time, though, as Idles’ usual anxious guitar rave-ups are slowed and stripped here to a skipping, reggae-ish crawl, as synths squeak in the background and Albarn offers support via his forever-distant, disembodied backing vocals.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society’s 1835 report told of a Black family whose home had been broken into and looted the year before.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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
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
  • On the fumble, he was sacked for a loss of 14 yards in a crucial third-and-10 situation late in the first half.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In the February, he was sacked, and this time Perez said yes to the top job at Vallecas.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In 1963, a fire ravaged the Hotel Del Mar and forced its permanent closure.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The area however had not been in use since 1995, when Hurricane Luis ravaged Mullet Bay, and no substantial repairs or development had been done since then, the complaint says.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Among them was Eilene Oken, 38, who walked through what used to be her neighbourhood, only to find her home completely destroyed.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 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 11 Nov. 2025.

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