as in incursion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
made a nighttime foray into the enemy camp and took their command post
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as in to plunder
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Recent Examples of foray
Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Goldberg has disclosed his near foray into the world of mixed martial arts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly last year about his first new album in a decade, Cool J addressed the new era of rappers not unlike himself, such as Ice Cube and Will Smith, foraying onto the screen.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
And in case there were any doubts, his new foray into right field could present an in-game option for the Tigers if needed.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Goldberg has disclosed his near foray into the world of mixed martial arts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
If this foray into the trenches works, as the Bears try to upgrade the roster for Johnson’s first season, one of the real benefits should be legitimately improving a previously overrated team culture.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly last year about his first new album in a decade, Cool J addressed the new era of rappers not unlike himself, such as Ice Cube and Will Smith, foraying onto the screen.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
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The drone attacks come as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time that his forces had staged an incursion into Russia's Belgorod region, although one military analyst told Newsweek that the operation was not an intensive one.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
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From [nautical] mile 200, the Argentine Navy [ …] under the coordination of the Joint Maritime Command, stands firm, patrolling and watching and ensuring that no foreign ship crosses our exclusive economic zone to plunder what belongs to Argentines.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Troops from China, which is Russia's closest trading partner but officially neutral on Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion, would mark an escalation in the war.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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The former ballerina’s arrest and conviction came amid a spike in Russian detainments of American citizens following the country’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to the AP.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Also sacked Thursday was Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, and his deputy, Wendy Noble, who has reportedly been reassigned within the Pentagon.—
Colin Meyn,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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He was sacked a whopping 68 times, with the next highest being C.J. Stroud with 52.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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For now, the Trump administration is loosening rules on commanders conducting military raids and airstrikes, expanding the range of people and places that can be targeted.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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The woman, who sued under a Jane Doe pseudonym, told jurors that Way allegedly first raped her in a bathroom during a police raid of his home in mid-February 2019.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Following the mass exodus of Pac-12 schools early last year, that conference was stripped of its recognition as a CFP automatic qualifier.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Imagine Reddit with no critical comments or TikTok stripped of political satire.—
Daryl Lim,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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Last year, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said that the museum needed to hand over a drawing that had been looted by the Nazis during World War II.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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Their path was often straight down Broad Street and through the Arts District, and while most protesters peacefully marched, some broke windows, started fires, looted and covered area businesses in spray paint.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
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Uh uh, method dressing is forever, at least for Timothée Chalamet—until the next role-of-a-lifetime comes along, or the parcels of Bob Dylan ephemera pillaged from the online auction houses stop coming through the young actor’s door that is.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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For centuries, the East India Company, a commercial and military organization, pillaged the riches of India to fund the British Empire and the company’s own expansion.—
Michael Knights,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Mar. 2025
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