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Recent Examples of ferretHalf the fun for diehard Poe fans is ferreting all the hidden Easter eggs and savoring the ingenious ways Flanagan has riffed on the source material.—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023 The incentive to ferret them out has only increased; Putin has recently made several appeals for the F.S.B. to be on alert for those seeking to undermine and destabilize the Russian state.—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023 There, researcher and Biological Dynamics founder Raj Krishnan, figured out how to use alternating current to ferret out very small bio-markers from blood and other liquid solutions.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for ferret
This issue continues to dog the fan community, in particular.
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Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Snow White is looking at gross of $14 million to $15 million in its second weekend, a steep decline of 65 percent or more as the live-action update continues be dogged by poor word-of-mouth and controversial headlines over its star, Rachel Zegler.
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Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2025
Avi Loeb, a professor of science and founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative, explains hawking radiation as a lightbulb that creates its own energy before evaporating into a fireball.
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Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
Lively also reportedly used promotional events for the film to hawk her beauty brand or her husband’s gin.
Progressive advocates in Massachusetts have been hounding legislators to do something about the Trump administration’s decisions to slash federal funding for a variety of sectors in the state.
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Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
The book is a coming-of-age tale about a music obsessive who traversed the big city, digging through crates, hounding heroes like DJ Stretch Armstrong, and developing a distinct style over the course of countless late-night gigs.
Law enforcement in Willacy County were still working to save residents trapped in their homes Friday after about 12 to 15 inches of rain pummeled the area over a six-hour period, the county’s Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said.
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Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
In Alamo, the police and fire department responded to more than 100 water rescues, including people stranded in their vehicles and trapped in their homes, Fire Department Chief R.C. Flores said at a news conference Friday afternoon.
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