ferret out

Example Sentences

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Such information can be hard enough to ferret out in democracies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

They’re all law-abiding people, and this directive ostensibly aims to ferret out terrorists and criminals.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025

We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

The controversy prompted a more broadly-based movement to ferret out other Vietnamese celebrities suspected of conspiring against the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

The men gathered at the farm were begun a sweep to ferret out any who had not regained the launches—we could hear them call to each other.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson