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ferreted out
verb as in search out
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Example Sentences
Most old books have now been ferreted out, and perhaps the only earths yet untried are in the Yezidi villages of the Sinjar.
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His own public virtue was in this matter very great, for it was he who had ferreted out the secret.
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But I was never able to get certain proof of it under unimpeachable conditions; and I have ferreted out many a trick.
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He has the mould-pieces for a guide, and searches until he has ferreted out all the timbers wanted.
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Later in the day he took a journey to Levison Park, ferreted out some information, and came home again.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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