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
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
The Hoffmann Family of Companies' acquisition of the Penguins won't be its first foray into the world of professional hockey.
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Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 Mar. 2026
Unrolling in eight, bite-sized episodes, Jonas’ first foray into show-running, put simply, is the TV equivalent of a page-turner, complete with an alluring cast who knows how to hold an audience’s interest.
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Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Galvan has been creating art in some form for years, but her first foray into fibers was with crochet in high school, a hobby picked up during the COVID pandemic.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
The Hoffmann Family of Companies' acquisition of the Penguins won't be its first foray into the world of professional hockey.
—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Verb
Beguš hopes research like Project CETI will help to deepen humans’ appreciation of the natural world, much like Mabel’s foray into the animal world in Hoppers.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 Mar. 2026
Unrolling in eight, bite-sized episodes, Jonas’ first foray into show-running, put simply, is the TV equivalent of a page-turner, complete with an alluring cast who knows how to hold an audience’s interest.
—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foray
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Past Israel-Hezbollah ceasefires in Lebanon have often failed, and, in the run-up to the MOU, Israeli forces made their deepest incursions into Lebanon in the past quarter century.
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Settlers have also made incursions into the Palestinian city.
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
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The instability left Cambodia's temples unprotected and vulnerable to plunder that was often carried out by former Khmer Rouge child soldiers.
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Ukrainska Pravda said he was targeted by Ukrainian sanctions in 2023 for ties to Russia, a year after Moscow launched its ongoing full-scale invasion.
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On a single night last week, Russia reported intercepting 660 drones across 12 regions — one of the largest Ukrainian attacks since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.
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That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
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To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.
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The June 19 raid of the EZ-8 Motel focused on three rooms that were allegedly rented out by operators of a prostitution ring.
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Netanyahu noted that his brother Yoni was killed in the raid.
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Dubbed Camp Meeker Cabin, the project strips mountain living back to its quieter essentials, while still embracing contemporary environmental design.
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Errors of execution and discipline forced by the relentlessness of a French team stripped of many of its leading players meant New Zealand was unable to secure its win until the final minutes.
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For his part, Klaus Kallmann also claims that his father, Hartmut Kallmann, always said that their family’s art collection was fully intact when the Nazis came to power and that the collection subsequently looted.
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Though it had been looted by kids, most of the material was eventually recovered.
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Unfortunately, a group of eastern kings pillage Sodom and Gomorrah and take Lot captive along with others.
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Triarchy forces that escaped the Battle of the Gullet have been pillaging the mainland, and some come across Aegon’s captors, cutting short a bit of squabbling between the two.
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“Foray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foray. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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