ferrets

verb

present tense third-person singular of ferret
as in dogs

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  1. dogs
  2. traps
  3. hounds
  4. hawks
Verb
  • Service dogs that bark excessively must be taken out of the facility.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 14 June 2026
  • In a nearly 10-minute long video, Pratt repeated social media posts that dogs on Skid Row are used to test drugs, are bred for drug money and are left in poor conditions by their unhoused owners, among other concerns about overcrowded, dirty shelters across the city.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Definition of dogs
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  • The heat dome — an atmospheric phenomenon that essentially traps hot air over a particular location — built in the West after the first heat wave of the summer began to bake the area last week.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • The hollow center traps heat-carrying vibrations, while still allowing electricity to flow.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of traps
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  • The Grabber hounds Finn through an old phone booth and torments Gwen through her dreams.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Vavassori hounds the net with his teradactyl-like wingspan.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of hounds
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  • The 59-year-old also hawks a jewelry line for HSN and is a partner for hair-extension brand Locks and Mane.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • One does detect in Iran hawks a kind of 'will to destruction' and hatred of boring, civilized diplomacy.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of hawks
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