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ferret out

VERB
  1. search and discover through persistent investigation
    She ferreted out the truth

How To Use ferret out In A Sentence

  • Thank goodness for the debunkers like Hymes who ferret out the frauds and expose the poseurs.
  • The team is trying to ferret out missing details.
  • When instructors are not acting as proctors or detectives hoping to stifle cheating or ferret out dishonest students, some are dreaming up schemes of their own.
  • He had a nose for news and he was an untiring reporter, reaching everywhere to ferret out some news.
  • Sent forth to ferret out the shadowy terrorists, U.S. troops would go woefully unprotected against biological weapons.
  • According to critics, the result was to incentivize public interest groups and lawyers to ferret out even essentially victimless corporate wrongdoing - consisting of minor, technical infractions.
  • Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of ferret out, in a way.
  • The media generally ignore them - and only the most motivated consumers ferret out the facts about what ought to be as natural as a walk in the garden.
  • Do you think index finger inking combined with a reproduction of our slate of choice tatooed in barcode form on our person (I love cop talk) will ferret out fraud. Think Progress » On Today Show, O’Reilly Compares Murtha With Hitler Sympathizers
  • We sent award-winning investigative journalist Gregory Smith to ferret out the answers.
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