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foreign

[fawr-in, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr- /


ADJECTIVE
not belonging to the place or body in which found
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Nepal's foreign minister warned on Saturday of the growing threat from climate change in the Himalayas, as China offered water and satellite data after devastating floods on their shared border killed hundreds.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

"We are also exploring how we can go further, including faster deportation of foreign criminals, better use of the women's estate and reviewing the unjust IPP sentences."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

"We get a call every day from a foreign office, but they don't really have any news," Haldia told AFP on Saturday.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Currently the resurgence is fuelled locally by anger over foreign trawlers which overfish in Somali waters, damaging the fishing industry that sustains communities in Puntland.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Hundreds of prisoners—most of them foreign civilians, like Gertie—are held here.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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