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  • present participle of forage.
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foraging

[fawr-i-jing, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪ dʒɪŋ, ˈfɒr- /


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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

Fewer foraging trips could mean less food entering the hive, lower honey production, and reduced pollination of nearby plants.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 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

Dr Paul Williams, a bumblebee expert at the Natural History Museum, says foraging is an energy calculation for bumblebees.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The game disappeared, taking shelter from the rain, and the men began foraging for whatever they could find: blood-drop berries, hard-shelled nuts, flightless birds with white-and-gray wings.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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