ferreted out
Example Sentences
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Doubt quickly spread, however, and the climbing community eventually ferreted out that the photos were in fact real, but their geography had been faked.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Allwright, the Supreme Court "looked behind the law and ferreted out the trickery," as expressed by future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who argued the case at the court.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2021
Profligate users were ferreted out from public records and, if they could be identified, shamed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
This disconnect is ferreted out by the agile young minds of our teenagers who see it as good reason to dismiss our messages wholesale.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2018
He was glad that Jimmy thought he’d ferreted out the reason Frankie was late.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
