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Kevin and Mr. Castro had heard about an abandoned field a 45-minute walk from their home where other neighbors had been foraging for bitter yuca.

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2016

The scientists examined the well-being of multiple bee species after the bees had been foraging in untreated or clothianidin-treated fields of oilseed rape with an average size of around 9 hectares.

From Nature • May 19, 2015

It's late April in Northeast Arnhem Land, in Australia's Top End, and until the rains came, Yunupingu, an expert in art and bush medicine, had been foraging for yam.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been foraging on his own account, and had unearthed bigger game than he could manage.

From Then Marched the Brave by Hicks, Anna S.

One or two of them had been foraging, and bore sheeps' heads and hares which they had purchased or "taken" in the village.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various