Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foraying
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Bainbridge wasn’t shy about plundering her personal life for material.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Trump is not keeping that a secret but is being quite open about plundering it all.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
Verb
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While guarding this mysterious gorge, these good-looking sharpshooters inevitably fall in love and join forces to contain the marauding creatures.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 Dec. 2025
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Fearing the attacker’s return and marauding gangs, the family abandoned their home in a rural stretch of farmland and fruit trees and hid in the bushes.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The developer had planned to demolish the building and had begun stripping the units.—
Catherine Odom
January 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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This gentle yet effective face wash combines the clarifying power of tea tree oil with salicylic acid to keep breakouts at bay without stripping your skin.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
28 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
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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,
Oc Register,
8 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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More than a dozen others immediately flooded the shattered entrance, pillaging the place — breaking display cases and grabbing thousands of dollars in jewelry.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Modesto Fire Department Firefighters quickly contained and extinguished the fire, preventing it from destroying the home, officials said.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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By the way, the last scene of The Conversation has the paranoid Gene Hackman destroying his apartment in a desperate and futile search for listening devices.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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Her consistent binge sessions are ravaging her spirit.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Already the fires ravaging the hillsides forced 50,000 people to evacuate.—
Javier Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Global health officials are aiming to replicate the success of eradicating smallpox, which in 1980 became the first disease to be eliminated through human efforts.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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These materials conform precisely to the shape of your unique foot, eradicating extra space in your boots.—
Sergei Poljak,
Outside,
16 Nov. 2025
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“Foraying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foraying. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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