ferret out
phrasal verb
ferreted out; ferreting out; ferrets out
: to find (something, such as information) by careful searching
He's good at ferreting out the facts.
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The crackdown was ostensibly to ferret out spies, but in many cases the security forces used the war as a pretext to detain ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to Amnesty International.
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Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Whatever seems to be wrong is ferreted out.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When this sort of explanation is merely an excuse for gender discrimination, courts ferret out the real reason and punish the culprit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
And the state has just embarked on its DOGE effort to ferret out wasteful spending.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
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Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Whatever seems to be wrong is ferreted out.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When this sort of explanation is merely an excuse for gender discrimination, courts ferret out the real reason and punish the culprit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
And the state has just embarked on its DOGE effort to ferret out wasteful spending.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Ferret out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferret%20out. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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