How to Use ferret in a Sentence

ferret

1 of 2 noun

• Then, in 1981 on a ranch near Meeteetse, Wyoming, a dog named Shep brought home a dead ferret.
  — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
• Firefighters found the cause of the smoke was a dead ferret inside an oven.
  — CBS News, 8 Nov. 2017
• Utah law requires pet dogs, cats and ferrets to be immunized against the virus.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• In addition to the third dog, Kujawa also had three cats, a ferret, and a bird were removed from the home.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2022
• The process required the use of a tame domestic ferret, and a second clone did not survive.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2021
• Two dogs and a ferret were also removed from the home, according to the outlet.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2022
• Four other adults and three pets — two dogs and a ferret — were evacuated from the fire, Woron said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022
• As a result, the family had nearly a dozen cats, 3 dogs, a parrot and two ferrets at any one time.
  — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
• Some of this is quite unnerving if campy, as with a pet ferret who reaches a brutal end.
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 15 Oct. 2022
• After coming across a study in ferrets, Huffhines brought the idea of Trikafta to her doctors, who were not all enthused.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
• Like golf scores and the number of times a ferret hits you in the groin with a golf club, the lower the Beck Depression Inventory score the better.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• Looking like a cross between a rabid ferret and Marie Antoinette on a bad hair day, Bette Midler is the chief rhymes-with-twitch.
  — Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
• In May 2020, a ferret at the National Zoo named Potpie gave birth to six black-footed ferret kits.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2021
• The rancher's wife took the dead ferret to a local taxidermist, who alerted the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
  — Sabrina Imbler New York Times, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
• The ferret fell from a fifth-floor balcony in 2017, causing severe spinal trauma and chronic pain.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• In 1988, samples belonging to a ferret named Willa arrived in San Diego.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021
• For pets: Keep rabies vaccinations up-to-date for cats, dogs and ferrets.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
• The pet cemetery in her yard includes such longtime library favorites as Basil the chinchilla and Nilla the ferret.
  — al, 25 Sep. 2020
• Excitingly, this was the first time evidence of the small-toothed ferret-badger had been seen in the national park.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2012
• So instead, researchers expose guinea pigs, rats, mice or ferrets, depending on the pathogen.
  — Tara C. Smith, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
• So instead, researchers expose guinea pigs, rats, mice, or ferrets, depending on the pathogen.
  — WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
• That changed in the 13th century, when Māori voyagers brought rats and dogs, and again in the 19th century, when European settlers brought more rats, cats and mustelids like weasels, stoats and ferrets.
  — Rina Diane Caballar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• The criteria to reach this goal is detailed in the recovery plan for the ferret, which was developed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
• Using a ferret to hunt is considered an unlawful method of hunting in the Mountain State.
  — Fox News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Every dog, cat and ferret is required to be registered with the city on an annual basis, Cantrell said.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
• All dogs, cats and ferrets are required to have a current rabies vaccination, per state law.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
• Live pets, including ferrets, guinea pigs, some snakes and reptiles, sit next to parakeets, crickets and mealworms.
  — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• In later experiments, the scientists found that the virus could spread from one ferret to another.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2012
• Seven cats, one dog, and one ferret were removed from the home and the house was secured in order to facilitate the removal of the remaining animals.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2022
• Other predators, such as rats, possums, stoats, ferrets, and feral cats, were later brought by European settlers.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2023

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ferret

2 of 2 verb

• If teaching instilled her love of children's books, then learning the mail-order book trade taught her to ferret out rare copies.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2022
• At the same time, Congress has slashed the IRS’ budget so severely that the agency’s ability to ferret out abuses has been stymied.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2021
• So Parker poses as a secretary — too-tight pencil skirts and all — at Strange Crime, hoping to ferret out clues.
  — Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• Traffic stops are required to use body cameras, which the department uses to ferret out abuses.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Zelensky recalled the initial moments of the war, when much of the world expected Kyiv to fall within days and U.S. officials offered to ferret him out of the city to escape assassination.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• New rules and enforcement actions are coming to ferret out crypto transactions that often went unreported in the past.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• Their targets are identified by campaign staff who rely on demographic research and polling to ferret out potential supporters among undecided Latinos, Asians and independents.
  — Michael R. Blood, ajc, 10 Oct. 2022
• If teaching instilled her love of children's books, then learning the mail-order book trade taught her to ferret out rare copies.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2022
• At the same time, Congress has slashed the IRS’ budget so severely that the agency’s ability to ferret out abuses has been stymied.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2021
• So Parker poses as a secretary — too-tight pencil skirts and all — at Strange Crime, hoping to ferret out clues.
  — Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• Traffic stops are required to use body cameras, which the department uses to ferret out abuses.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Zelensky recalled the initial moments of the war, when much of the world expected Kyiv to fall within days and U.S. officials offered to ferret him out of the city to escape assassination.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• New rules and enforcement actions are coming to ferret out crypto transactions that often went unreported in the past.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• Their targets are identified by campaign staff who rely on demographic research and polling to ferret out potential supporters among undecided Latinos, Asians and independents.
  — Michael R. Blood, ajc, 10 Oct. 2022
• If teaching instilled her love of children's books, then learning the mail-order book trade taught her to ferret out rare copies.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2022
• At the same time, Congress has slashed the IRS’ budget so severely that the agency’s ability to ferret out abuses has been stymied.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2021
• So Parker poses as a secretary — too-tight pencil skirts and all — at Strange Crime, hoping to ferret out clues.
  — Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• Traffic stops are required to use body cameras, which the department uses to ferret out abuses.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Zelensky recalled the initial moments of the war, when much of the world expected Kyiv to fall within days and U.S. officials offered to ferret him out of the city to escape assassination.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• New rules and enforcement actions are coming to ferret out crypto transactions that often went unreported in the past.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• Their targets are identified by campaign staff who rely on demographic research and polling to ferret out potential supporters among undecided Latinos, Asians and independents.
  — Michael R. Blood, ajc, 10 Oct. 2022

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