ferreted

past tense of ferret

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Verb
  • Hansen Yang – hounded by over a dozen Chinese media members there to chronicle his every move – launched jumpers while Mandarin pop songs blared through the arena.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The search for answers grew more desperate after Payne, wracked with grief and hounded by reporters, died by suicide near the very spot where Mary’s body had been found.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The vehicle reportedly sped into a shopping plaza, where the incident — captured on video — unfolded.
    Bonny Chu , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Among the artists captured in the images are Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
    Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In conversation with James Fallon, chief content officer of WWD and Fairchild Media Group, at the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit, Kliger was clear-eyed about the weaknesses that have dogged Net-a-porter for years, but confident in the ability to turn it around.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Florida’s 2018 election and recount fiasco reinforced the state’s reputation as a place where voting is dogged by problems.
    David Smiley, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Though some institutions have welcomed workers’ unions, others have dragged their feet.
    News Desk, Artforum, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Knocked unconscious, Will is then dragged by the Demogorgon to the lair of Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower).
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Jaylen Waddle made five receptions for 99 yards and a touchdown, while De’Von Achane, Ollie Gordon, and Malik Washington also snared TD catches.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Charged particles originating from the corona surge into the gap but are soon snared by two great magnetic loops—the Van Allen Radiation Belts—that usually keep them from Earth’s surface.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The couple became tabloid fixtures and were persistently pursued by the paparazzi.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In Season 3, Srikant must navigate life on the run with his family while being pursued by TASC, his own intelligence unit, in addition to the new threats.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • During the auditions, wannabe actors are asked to improvise scenes including being a cat, being trapped in a room, and being propositioned by a famous director.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The disconcerting scene offers a glimpse of what actually happened to Will while he was trapped for most of Season 1 and suggests that Will may still be impacted by whatever Vecna put inside him at the beginning of the story.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Ferreted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferreted. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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