ferret
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"We were very excited to see that GHP-88310 given by mouth completely prevented airborne transmission in our ferret model of measles," said first author Carolin Lieber, a senior postdoctoral fellow in the Plemper lab.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The island is now ferret free and there are already encouraging signs in breeding seabird numbers, offering hope to other places round the world grappling with invasive predators.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
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
He held the scourging tail in one claw, while gripped in the other was his war standard, topped by the ferret skull with the addition of the tattered tapestry square depicting Martin the Warrior.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
That one guy who lives ’round the corner who has three pet ferrets and wears flip-flops all year long.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
They also looked at an unpublished study on ferrets which found that the research-grade version of Ervebo provided 100-percent protection against Bundibugyo, whereas all control animals died within 10 days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a world-first, Rathlin Island, off the coast of County Antrim, has eradicated ferrets.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Some ferrets that drank the raw milk became infected, but those that ate the raw milk cheese did not.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
Pete Redmarley and Nick Yew said they went rabbiting with their ferrets up the bridle path one time, and that it's blocked by a new estate in Malvern Wells.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The Agriculture Department ferreted data from 28 states and says it found nearly 186,000 dead recipients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
“Good cops want bad cops ferreted out,” Jenkins said in a recent interview.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
This is a conventionally structured drama: two characters, a single set, the requisite amount of family conflict, a few ferreted out secrets and a dark shadow of menacing politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
More recently, tracers ferreted out cases of Ebola in West Africa and other countries and helped beat back the disease.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2020
He sees the look on my face and smiles, sure that he has ferreted out the secret desire of my heart.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Twitter has drastically reduced its staff focused on ferreting out misinformation, hate speech and extremist content since it was bought by Elon Musk.
From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023
At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, Manville claimed that she's not too shabby at ferreting out information herself.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022
“There’s a difference between just seeking more charges against him and ferreting out how deep this goes in the institution,” she said, referring to Garcia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
“They should not be able to act like Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby ferreting out clues,” that poll worker wrote.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
Buckbeak was ferreting around on the rocky floor, looking for bones he might have overlooked.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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