foray
noun
a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder.
Example Sentences
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One of Parton’s first forays into purer pop, this single has the stomp and shuffle of funk and could easily be retrofitted into disco DJ sets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Rollins also crossed over to a non-jazz audience with occasional forays into rock, most notably his appearances on The Rolling Stones' 1981 album "Tattoo You."
From Barron's ● May 26, 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
As a result, Jamestown and the other Virginia forays survived on Indian charity—they were “utterly dependent and therefore controllable,” in the phrase of Karen Ordahl Kupperman, a New York University historian.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
