ferret
Example Sentences
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He lived there with his wife and children, alongside animals including chickens, ducks, geese, dogs and ferrets.
From BBC
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
