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"We were very excited to see that GHP-88310 given by mouth completely prevented airborne transmission in our ferret model of measles," said first author Carolin Lieber, a senior postdoctoral fellow in the Plemper lab.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

The island is now ferret free and there are already encouraging signs in breeding seabird numbers, offering hope to other places round the world grappling with invasive predators.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Paul McCartney emerged from the wreckage of the Fab Four in 1970, eager to ferret out a fresh sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

They’re all law-abiding people, and this directive ostensibly aims to ferret out terrorists and criminals.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2025

Evidently our Muggle friend had unearthed not a ferret, as he supposed, but a Jarvey, most likely in pursuit of its favourite prey, gnomes.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

That one guy who lives ’round the corner who has three pet ferrets and wears flip-flops all year long.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

They also looked at an unpublished study on ferrets which found that the research-grade version of Ervebo provided 100-percent protection against Bundibugyo, whereas all control animals died within 10 days.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Their work focused on canine distemper virus, which produces a disease in ferrets that closely resembles measles.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

Life Raft was launched in 2021 to rid the island of both ferrets and rats.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

After issuing orders to his remaining captains, Cluny, accompanied by a score of assorted rats, weasels, stoats and ferrets, crept off along the course of the ditch.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The Agriculture Department ferreted data from 28 states and says it found nearly 186,000 dead recipients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

“Good cops want bad cops ferreted out,” Jenkins said in a recent interview.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023

This is a conventionally structured drama: two characters, a single set, the requisite amount of family conflict, a few ferreted out secrets and a dark shadow of menacing politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2022

More recently, tracers ferreted out cases of Ebola in West Africa and other countries and helped beat back the disease.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2020

We were supposed to go out to a film together, but he locked himself in our bathroom upstairs and refused to come out for nearly an hour, until my grandmother had ferreted him out.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For litigators, it has created a new imperative: ferreting out citations that have been fabricated by AI bots in their own court filings — and their adversaries’.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

While those investigations are time-limited, FBI agents can use the allotted time to practice techniques against targets, like recruiting informants and ferreting through their mail, financial transactions, phone data and abandoned trash.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

Twitter has drastically reduced its staff focused on ferreting out misinformation, hate speech and extremist content since it was bought by Elon Musk.

From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023

“They should not be able to act like Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby ferreting out clues,” that poll worker wrote.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2022

A voice materializes out of the distortion in his headphones, then fades, and he goes ferreting after it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr