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forage

[fawr-ij, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- /


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Bumblebees usually forage within about 1.5 km of their nests, giving them fewer opportunities to avoid local pollution.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 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

A relief even if prices were high, says Ludmilla, as people have had to forage for food in the abandoned homes of neighbours.

From BBC May 6, 2026

It enabled our ancestors to forage for food and water during the hottest period of the day, with sweat to keep them from overheating.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

And for the most part, we were happy to do what we were meant to do: to feed and forage and nap and play.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

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

Not the kind you get at a tiny restaurant with exposed brick and a chef who forages.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2026

Rayan Ait-Nouri forages forward from left back for Wolves, reaching the box and managing to get a shot away.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2024

A curious sea otter pup peeks out from behind a column of kelp while it forages for crabs or snails off California’s Monterey Bay.

From National Geographic Nov. 14, 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

Patterson's lawyers have also argued a prosecution theory about how the death cap mushrooms were located and foraged should not have been allowed to be put to the jury.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

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

But officials said the man, who was described as being of “Hispanic descent,” died after eating wild mushrooms foraged at a regional park in the county.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2026

Gargantuan sloths had foraged where smaller sloths now resided.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It also serves as a winter foraging site for Cook Inlet beluga whales, whose numbers have dropped to around 300.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

A Virginia Tech study found that glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, can interfere with honeybee foraging and may undermine the long-term stability of colonies.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The species at one time bred along the Exmoor coastline, which continues to provide ideal foraging, including an abundance of fish, and breeding habitat for the birds.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The nonprofit has long maintained that the land — reportedly the last undeveloped sliver of Big Bear Lake’s shoreline — represents critical foraging habitat for the eagles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

A foraging wild creature, intent above all upon survival, is as strong as the grass.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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