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forays

  • plural of foray.
  • present tense form of foray (3rd person singular).

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Forays by private equity into the world of sport, once a trickle, have become a flood, with PitchBook identifying 74 major North American sports teams, valued at $258.4 billion, with PE connections External link.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Forays into video didn’t pan out; now it’s pursuing advertising to help grow revenue.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Forays like these increasingly vex trade hawks in America, who fear that China will filch its cutting-edge technology.

From Economist • Jul. 5, 2018

Forays into Pakistan were limited because it was difficult to operate there without being noticed by Pakistani soldiers and spies, so missions were mostly confined to the Afghan side of the border.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2015

Forays and plunder raids over sea eked out their scanty livelihood, and at the close of the eighth century these raids found a wider sphere than the waters of the northern seas.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard