ferreting

present participle of ferret

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferreting
Verb
  • McConnell got to his spots easily for pull-up jumpers and picked Dillingham clean after hounding him in the backcourt to force one of the second-year point guard’s three turnovers.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Already, productivity declines are dogging the industry.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, that ball-hawking cornerback appears to be long gone.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There are several online ticket brokers hawking resale tickets, some at very reasonable prices.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, the concept of an energy source that can run 24/7 and emit no heat-trapping greenhouse gases when generating power is compelling.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In the course of one such quest, Chloe takes off in the getaway carriage—accidentally trapping a duke named Lawrence inside.
    Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Pro Bowl returner had a Pro Bowl-type breakout as a receiver in last year's Week 17 matchup against these same Bengals, snaring a 51-yard touchdown bomb from Bo Nix in the fourth quarter and adding another game-tying score at the end of regulation to push that late-December game into overtime.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When Bello hit Tyler Heineman with a pitch to lead off the fifth, the right-hander immediately drew a double play from George Springer, helping his own cause by snaring the grounder up the middle and firing the ball to second.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The professor explains that the process works similarly to a conventional camera, but instead of capturing light waves, radio waves are transformed into a detailed image.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The song, 'An Everyday Man,' is about capturing the everyday moments in life.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Depending on the price tag that Las Vegas would place on Meyers, the 49ers should seriously consider pursuing a deal for him.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • For two decades, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study discouraged many from pursuing hormone therapy—leaving an entire generation to suffer in silence.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The move ended with Gravenberch dragging the Galatasaray forward down outside the box and receiving a yellow card.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Last week in Chicago, federal agents descended in a Blackhawk to clear out an entire apt complex, dragging children out of their beds and zip-tying residents for hours without articulating any probable cause.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Ferreting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferreting. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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