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forage

[fawr-ij, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- /


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A typical forage at this time of year could produce 20 or 30 edible types of mushroom, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The researchers also tested whether males and females might develop different head shapes because they eat different foods or forage in different ways.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The surrogate teaches the pup to groom, forage, and behave like a wild otter, Long said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

After our show, humans forage through the stores.

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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

The land he forages straddles the Muscogee Nation and the Cherokee Nation, and he’s thinking of his elisi — grandmother in Cherokee — who taught him how to pick and cook wild onions.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

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

As the guests lay critically ill, Patterson did not admit to using foraged mushrooms, choosing instead to lie to police and health workers.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

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

Their diet centered on smaller marine mammals including harbor seals and harbor porpoises, and they usually traveled and foraged in groups of about five.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

We ate a fist-sized piece of fish meat at each meal, accompanied by dark green leaves, rigid as cardboard, that Wello foraged for us out of the underbrush.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

With the decline of logging and cannabis as livelihoods, they see income from tourists attracted by ultramarathons, mushroom foraging and other outdoor activities as a financial savior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The erratic ant was named for its "high-energy foraging behaviour which sees it scamper with meandering and unpredictable movements", she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

However, fungi-related content continues to grow in popularity on social media, with posts showcasing unusual mushrooms and foraging finds attracting large audiences.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

He sat quivering, every nerve tense, recognizing the smell, and presently past the opening of the cave waddled a large porcupine, returning peacefully home from a night’s foraging.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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