ferreting

verb

present participle of ferret
as in hounding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferreting
  1. hounding
  2. dogging
  3. hawking
  4. trapping
  5. snaring
  6. capturing
  7. pursuing
  8. dragging
Verb
  • McDonnell’s personal circle was also hounding her for repayment.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The reporting has been gratuitous and inhumane, no one deserves this hounding.
    — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hounding
Verb
  • Investors have been ratcheting up their expectations for the industry as some companies hike their outlooks and get a better handle on rising medical costs in those plans – an issue that has been dogging the broader sector for more than two years.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 29 July 2026
  • There is a new solution to a problem that's been dogging the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of dogging
Verb
  • While training camp shows fluctuating results, the Packers are committed to improving their ball-hawking mentality.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … RULES FOR THEE — Democrat pocketed six figures hawking health products after vowing not to.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hawking
Verb
  • London — Eighteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, trapping passengers inside carriages that had toppled onto their sides.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The tree crashed through a back bedroom of the home, trapping the child, Low said.
    — Michelle Simmons, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of trapping
Verb
  • First baseman Michael Busch finished the play by reaching out and snaring Hoerner’s dazzling throw to complete the highlight and nab the speedy Salazar for the out.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Pickens was even more dominant, snaring nine balls for 144 yards and a score.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
Definition of snaring
Verb
  • The Arakan Army controls much of Rakhine after capturing territory from the military in recent years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This impending surge in lunar traffic makes time-sensitive missions like CosmoCube crucial to capturing the universe’s earliest faint signals before the quietest sanctuary in the solar system becomes noisy.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of capturing
Verb
  • In other words, Disney said that its rationale for pursuing a new theme park in a new market remains unchanged.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For some college students in Miami, snagging a job interview may not be the only challenge in pursuing a career.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of pursuing
Verb
  • But Beaman is quick to point out that people shouldn't simply head into the woods and start dragging things out themselves.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Gaten Matarazzo is playing sort of a sexy role, where Billie’s dragging him into the bathroom.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dragging
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