ferret out
phrasal verb
ferreted out; ferreting out; ferrets out
: to find (something, such as information) by careful searching
He's good at ferreting out the facts.
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The goal for Congress and Treasury now is to get away from their previous carpet-bombing approach that was all hay and few needles, and to instead employ something closer to a surgical strike that just ferrets out the bad actors.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The data discrepancies can also cause erroneous payments in other federal benefits systems that depend on the Social Security database to ferret out inaccurate or unreported deaths.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
But uncertainties generated by Trump’s sweeping campaign to ferret out fraud and waste in Washington has shaken a business world that prefers certainty over doubt, and clarity over uncharted change.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
The president is busy seeking political revenge in other arenas, such as ferreting out the identities of FBI agents who investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection of the Capitol.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The data discrepancies can also cause erroneous payments in other federal benefits systems that depend on the Social Security database to ferret out inaccurate or unreported deaths.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
But uncertainties generated by Trump’s sweeping campaign to ferret out fraud and waste in Washington has shaken a business world that prefers certainty over doubt, and clarity over uncharted change.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
The president is busy seeking political revenge in other arenas, such as ferreting out the identities of FBI agents who investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection of the Capitol.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Ferret out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferret%20out. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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