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Admitting she had foraged wild mushrooms, as many locals in the area do, wouldn't have set off alarm bells.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

These store-bought mushrooms were often put in the same container as ones she had foraged and dehydrated herself - including in the months before the lunch - she said.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

He came across muddy pits where the boar had foraged for mice and acorns, and parts of trees whose bark had been rubbed off by boar.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

The monkeys, Capland concluded, had foraged more food than they needed, and John had picked up what they left behind.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2018

For every six young of the 1953 hatch that had foraged in the stream as the planes approached, only one remained.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson