foraying

present participle of foray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foraying
Verb
  • While plundering a dungeon lair and stealing artifacts from a museum both have heist elements to them, Skullduggery looks into the other intrigues of adventures in urban environments.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The store released a black-and-white video showing the thieves, which appears to be at least four suspects, plundering the business.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • They were ambushed, and Pauline was killed by stray gunfire from marauding mobsters hell-bent on killing Buford.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Athletes are often defined by their times, medals, and records, but stripping back their impact to numbers can be reductive, particularly in Fraser-Pryce’s case.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Protests intensified over the weekend, with rioters targeting the homes of lawmakers, ransacking and looting properties, and burning government buildings, according to media reports.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Apex Legends, for instance, added Wildcard Mode, which drops looting to focus on faster combat.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The military has also been targeting and destroying high-rise buildings surrounding displacement camps, crowding Gaza City’s residents into ever-smaller spaces.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Ultimately, North was found guilty of destroying official documents, accepting a home security system as a gift and obstructing Congress in 1989.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But on an evening back in July, inordinate rainfall led to unrelenting floodwaters ravaging the lower level of Pledger’s home.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to fight wildfires ravaging the country, as southern Europe faces a wave of extreme climate events fueled by heatwaves.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Book bans are targeting trans authors in conservative states, eradicating their work from curricula and library circulation.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Yet minimizing and possibly even eradicating infectious diseases is a collective act that requires nearly everyone to play their part.
    Simon Williams, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Giants largely held Jayden Daniels in check, particularly after halftime, while sacking him 3 times.
    Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Micah Parsons #1 of the Green Bay Packers reacts after sacking Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on September 07, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Foraying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foraying. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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