foray
noun
a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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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