ferret

La Société said it had been aware of the feral ferret population for some time, but "didn't know anything about them".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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

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

Such information can be hard enough to ferret out in democracies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Cheesethief ignored them as he moved among the bodies that had fallen from the high branches; four rats, a ferret, and one weasel.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

It’s a thankless job, but the die-hards live and breath ferrets.

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They also looked at an unpublished study on ferrets which found that the research-grade version of Ervebo provided 100-percent protection against Bundibugyo, whereas all control animals died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

A lot of rabbits said there was nothing in it, but some thought that Fiver might have foreseen men with guns and ferrets.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Smith, for his part, is dubious about the veracity of the ransom notes - and believes Guthrie was ferreted down to Mexico where she could more easily be kept out of sight.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023

Gaheris, hovering round the edge, ferreted far the dirk.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

“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

Werner is eight years old and ferreting about in the refuse behind a storage shed when he discovers what looks like a large spool of thread.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr