ferret

For the black-footed ferret staring back, the night was about to get strange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

"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

The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Lyra was crying, and Asta was trying to comfort Pan, but the little ferret wouldn’t be comforted and burrowed closer around Lyra’s neck, only irritating her further.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Field teams have deployed thermal drones to spot darting ferrets that glow hot pink under the infrared cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

"I knew that we had ferrets on the island, but we didn't really know anything about them," she told BBC Guernsey.

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They also looked at an unpublished study on ferrets which found that the research-grade version of Ervebo provided 100-percent protection against Bundibugyo, whereas all control animals died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

At the tunnel entrance in the ditch, Fangburn and Killconey were madly thrust aside as rats, weasels, ferrets and stoats fought their way out of the tunnel.

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

“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

Julia jumped out, opened the boot, ferreted through her box of records, and ran back up the drive.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

Queen Bella was the only one who bothered ferreting out his meanings any more.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman