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ferret

[fer-it] / ˈfɛr ɪt /












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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

More than 400 ferret traps were laid in 2023.

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

Before, when Enrique told her he was clean, she could ferret out the truth for herself.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Supporters say Title IX is vital to campus safety because it ferrets out sexual misconduct that might not be considered a crime but still make it hard for a student to continue studies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, despite the numbers, ferrets were not native to Guernsey, she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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They also looked at an unpublished study on ferrets which found that the research-grade version of Ervebo provided 100-percent protection against Bundibugyo, whereas all control animals died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

Many were sparrows, shrews and woodland defenders, but they were far outnumbered by the slain rats, ferrets, weasels and stoats.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Tran ferreted out a Social Security number for the patient from a confidential report about her test result, then plugged that into the databases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

“Good cops want bad cops ferreted out,” Jenkins said in a recent interview.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023

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

We were supposed to go out to a film together, but he locked himself in our bathroom upstairs and refused to come out for nearly an hour, until my grandmother had ferreted him out.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For litigators, it has created a new imperative: ferreting out citations that have been fabricated by AI bots in their own court filings — and their adversaries’.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

While those investigations are time-limited, FBI agents can use the allotted time to practice techniques against targets, like recruiting informants and ferreting through their mail, financial transactions, phone data and abandoned trash.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

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

“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

Before her face was widely recognized at City Hall, Ann spent hours walking the halls of that building, ferreting out the confidential meetings of various boards and commissions that controlled Hayti.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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