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foray

[fawr-ey, for-ey] / ˈfɔr eɪ, ˈfɒr eɪ /


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It’s been a roller-coaster ride for Netflix investors over the past 12 months, following the company’s aggressive foray into the mergers-and-acquisitions market — namely, its failed effort to acquire Warner Bros.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

Still, fans of A24’s output are unnerved by the foray into AI, believing the deal is antithetical to the trendy studio’s creative-first marketing.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Republican Vance joked as he made a rare foray onto "The View," a liberal-leaning daytime talk show on the ABC network.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

His Caribbean foray came not long after he had bet against the U.S. housing market in what was dubbed “the greatest trade ever.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

I stopped, unwilling to make my first foray into filial disobedience w'ith one who faced her Maker—but could not refrain from saying, “I ask you not to tell me children’s tales of panthers pulling chariots.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

New Zealand's Defence Force privately warned that Beijing's naval forays and ballistic missile tests would become a "persistent" feature of the Pacific, according to an internal document obtained by AFP last month.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

"I just happened to be given two gloves and I got into the habit of wearing them," Rai said of his early forays into the game.

From BBC May 18, 2026

When Tesla reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, the numbers could once again play second fiddle to narrative details about the company’s futuristic forays into robotaxis and humanoid robots.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

It’s been tweaked and freshened up a few times since, and became a signature of the brand’s first forays into ready-to-wear apparel under the guidance of Marc Jacobs.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

They had participated in secret conversations, received certain assurances, and gone so far as to make reconnaissance forays to outlying parts of the city.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Before he forayed into creating board games, Mr Teuber worked as a dental technician.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2023

He launched his label in 2006 and has since collaborated on a collection with Target and forayed into home goods with Schumacher.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2022

Vallée, who hailed from Montreal, forayed into the features film industry with his 1995 thriller “Black List”

From Reuters Dec. 27, 2021

Her parents have also forayed into the reality show world.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2019

I have my mother’s thin blood, the kind so easily forayed by a chilly draft, an unexpected rain.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

As Ford sped forward, a sea of red-coated musicians cavorted and pranced across the south end of the field, foraying past the 20-yard line.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2021

Analysts are now scrutinising whether Grab can justify its valuations by turbocharging growth in its existing businesses and successfully foraying into digital banking.

From Reuters Apr. 28, 2021

Their sit-and-wait technique involved male baboons hovering around urban perimeters before foraying into the city.

From National Geographic Jan. 26, 2018

While Fletcher and his students are foraying into other applications of the mobile microscope, such as examining your skin or testing for malaria and Tb, MIT’s Ramesh Raskar has become known as the ‘Eye Guy.’

From Forbes Jul. 1, 2014

The excellence of the Cossack methods in foraying, pioneer-work, and the forming of military settlements, consolidated the Muscovite conquests.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland




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