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forage

[fawr-ij, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- /


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At first, Americans mostly grew soybeans as forage and livestock feed.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Bumblebee Conservation Trust raised concerns that 2026 may exacerbate a declining trend in bumblebee populations as flowers wither and bees fail to forage effectively.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Consider using small-holed haynets or slow feeders to reduce waste and help forage last longer.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Simply knowing a predator is nearby can alter where animals travel, when they are active, and how they forage, creating effects that spread throughout an ecosystem.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

I want to have our own adult to take care of things, build houses, put up tents, and forage for food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

We were planning adventures, date nights and what we would cook with our forages from the farmers market.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Chef Mo, who owns a tiny hole-in-the-wall eatery in Jeonju, forages her own mushrooms on the mountainside, grows produce in her backyard and makes most of her laborious, time-intensive dishes from scratch.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025

Ms Avery says she uses the ingredients she forages as inspiration for her products at L.A.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

While one bird protects the chicks—usually two—the partner forages at sea.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 30, 2023

Emma didn’t mind his experiments with her flowers or his forages into her sewing box for threads to use in his experiments.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

She said they were important to island ecosystems as they dropped seeds as they foraged, helping forest regeneration, and were a key indicator species for overall ecosystem health.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Savannah and her mother joked about the javelinas, the piglike animals that foraged through the family’s trash cans at night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

If you’ve eaten a foraged mushroom and start to exhibit any adverse symptoms, call California’s poison control hotline at 1-800-222-1222 for free, confidential expert advice in multiple languages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

Six bumble bee colonies foraged in a shared arena where they could approach feeders that either had ants nearby or had no ants at all.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025

Unlike Dobby, she had obviously not foraged for clothes.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

For Unsworth, autumn is the highlight of the foraging calendar.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Karen fights inflation by traveling during off-peak weekdays, making her own yogurt, and foraging for free, blemished produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Work to add a padel court and luxury car garage hit the brakes after a survey found several species of bat, including the common pipistrelle and soprano pipistrelles, foraging in the grounds.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Our findings provided no evidence that differences in diet or foraging were driving the development of the sharks' sex-specific head shapes," said Liu.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The young dog spent most of the day still occupied with his ceaseless foraging for food.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford


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