ferrets

Definition of ferretsnext
present tense third-person singular of ferret

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Verb
  • Dehydration dogs their journey, and local ranchers have found their homes burglarized by travelers in search of sustenance.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Economists, analysts, and investors have spent the past few days sounding the alarm about stagflation, a uniquely nerve-racking scenario in which high inflation dogs a low-growth, stagnant economy.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This continental collision gave rise to the Zagros Mountains, which push down on the Arabian plate in a way that has created a basin in Earth’s crust that traps hydrocarbons—hence, all that oil and gas.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
  • His handle is both his redeeming trait and what traps him in the half court.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Grabber hounds Finn through an old phone booth and torments Gwen through her dreams.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Vavassori hounds the net with his teradactyl-like wingspan.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One does detect in Iran hawks a kind of 'will to destruction' and hatred of boring, civilized diplomacy.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Thinking about fashion as a career, Schiaparelli hawks her sketches.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Ferrets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferrets. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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