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ferreting

verb

present participle of ferret

as in hounding

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Speaking about the tumultuous relationship on a 2024 episode of SiriusXM's This Life of Mine with James Corden, Miller reflected on the boiling point between the scandalous affair and the chaos of the paparazzi and tabloids hounding them.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Members of the media followed the family constantly, hounding them for quotes.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2026

Definition of hounding

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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
Stuck with no way out, and the Hexts’ head of security Jon (Lee Jae-yoon) dogging her steps, Cola hid the drive in an empty vodka bottle before she was forced down to the engine room to be held captive.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of dogging

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Farage has many sources of income other than a lawmaker’s salary, including hawking gold bullion, hosting a TV current affairs show, public speaking and recording personal video messages on the Cameo platform.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).

— Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026

Definition of hawking

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Prohibitive housing costs aren’t just trapping younger adults in parental homes.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Summer campers rescued Friday’s drenching rains washed away roads around Camp Taum Sauk, trapping children and staffers at the site in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according to Sgt.

— Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of trapping

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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

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Leveraging iRacing's renowned expertise, the title promises an authentic, immersive, and hyper-realistic open-wheel racing experience, capturing the NTT IndyCar Series' speed, precision, and drama.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The material has the potential to combat climate change by capturing and storing carbon or other pollutants, and by extracting water from the atmosphere in water-scarce areas.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of capturing

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The state and city are still pursuing more ways to increase housing density and streamline development regulations in hopes of lowering costs.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Lionel Messi, an Adidas athlete, currently leads with eight goals, pursuing his first Golden Boot.

— Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of pursuing

Verb

On Tuesday, the roller-coaster ride for AI stocks whipped back down, dragging Wall Street lower.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
With the process dragging on for months, the split of drama and comedy into separate departments, with Smith as head of the former, emerged as a likely scenario by mid-May.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026

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