foray

/ˈfɔr·eɪ/, /ˈfoʊr-/ n [C]

Definition

› a brief attempt at or involvement in an activity outside a person’s or organization’s usual range of activities: The opera company has made curious forays into contemporary music in recent seasons. › A foray is also a sudden and quick attack by a group of soldiers on an enemy area.

(Definition of foray n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)