foraying

present participle of foray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foraying
Verb
  • But Texas Tech isn't the only program from the Lone Star State whose commit list LSU is plundering.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • Later on, plundering Barbary pirates raided Mallorca, looting possessions, slaughtering inhabitants and capturing others for the slave trade.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The showpiece against the hosts was the first genuinely one-sided final in the competition, with the Swedes unable to cope with Pele, Vava, Garrincha and the marauding Djalma Santos.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • It was founded in 1621 as a garrison against the marauding Danes.
    Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Diehard Knicks fan and Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet went topless after the game after stripping off his jacket and shirt with his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, looking on.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
  • The two had met in March through a website used for escort and stripping services, according to a court affidavit, and investigators alleged Dale paid Rylaarsdam more than $11,000 during the course of several weeks to talk to him and perform acts of bondage at his home.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Both were offered up by the same person, Marino Massimo De Caro, later convicted of looting an Italian library.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 June 2026
  • Police stopped the violence there that night, but more racist beatings and looting erupted downtown.
    USA Today, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Some commentators’ dark horses for the tournament, Norway qualified from Europe with a perfect record, pillaging goals at will, while mercilessly dispatching opponents.
    Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • Picking up where episode 7 left off, Wayne (Toby Wallace) wakes up to Rue pillaging his safe.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • For decades, factories discharged pollution into waterways and wetlands, destroying natural habitats and forcing residents to live in the shadow of smokestacks and refineries.
    Gretchen Kalwinski, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • In my view, Iran is hellbent on destroying Israel and America.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Temperatures have risen in oceans faster due to climate change, super-charging storms and drought, ravaging coral reefs across the world, and endangering species in tandem with overfishing and industrial pollution.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • And with injuries ravaging Canada’s back line, Sigur has the quality to quickly become an important part of their World Cup.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • This strategy was key to eradicating the pest for the first time in the 1960s.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 June 2026
  • Some wall texts are labeled The work that remained and describe shortfalls of Obama-era policies and ambitions, such as the Affordable Care Act or eradicating nuclear weapons.
    Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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“Foraying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foraying. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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