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Recent Examples of ferret
Half the fun for diehard Poe fans is ferreting all the hidden Easter eggs and savoring the ingenious ways Flanagan has riffed on the source material.
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Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
The incentive to ferret them out has only increased; Putin has recently made several appeals for the F.S.B. to be on alert for those seeking to undermine and destabilize the Russian state.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
There, researcher and Biological Dynamics founder Raj Krishnan, figured out how to use alternating current to ferret out very small bio-markers from blood and other liquid solutions.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
Zelensky recalled the initial moments of the war, when much of the world expected Kyiv to fall within days and U.S. officials offered to ferret him out of the city to escape assassination.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
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Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
The incentive to ferret them out has only increased; Putin has recently made several appeals for the F.S.B. to be on alert for those seeking to undermine and destabilize the Russian state.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
There, researcher and Biological Dynamics founder Raj Krishnan, figured out how to use alternating current to ferret out very small bio-markers from blood and other liquid solutions.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
Zelensky recalled the initial moments of the war, when much of the world expected Kyiv to fall within days and U.S. officials offered to ferret him out of the city to escape assassination.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferret
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Fighting his corner all the while is dogged Australian human rights lawyer Jen Robinson and Stella Moris, another loyal member of his legal team, who eventually became Assange’s wife, and mother to two of his children.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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In fact, in one area that has dogged most American public schools, the military schools have stood out.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 May 2025
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The markets will have activities to attract vendors such as farmers selling seasonal produce and cottage bakers who could hawk their homemade goods, from breads to pastries, Carlson said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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Others wander around hawking phone chargers and car-cleaning products.—
Eli Tan,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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The company has been hounded by bad news, falling since 2019 and giving back 78.6% of its ten-year 2009-2019 bull market.—
Bill Sarubbi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Three issues are expected to hound the next pope: clerical abuse, poor finances of the Vatican and the ongoing cultural war between progressives and conservatives.—
Camille Elemia,
NBC news,
4 May 2025
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Firefighters had to lift the minivan to rescue four people trapped underneath.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Fearful Lina scours her village for clay pots, holding treasures but trapping ghosts.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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“Ferret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferret. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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