ferret
Example Sentences
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The Spanish credited her with ferreting out plots against them and helping to recruit Indigenous warriors to Cortés’ ranks.
From Los Angeles Times
Such information can be hard enough to ferret out in democracies.
They have undergone or are currently involved in successful reintroductions to the wild: Karner blue butterfly, red wolf, black-footed ferret, whooping crane, golden-lion tamarin.
From Literature
The modern discipline of psychology would ferret out the private motives of regular and refined collectors alike.
The study also included an animal experiment using ferrets, which are highly susceptible to H5N1.
From Science Daily
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