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sleuth

[slooth] / sluθ /


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After sleuthing nearly two decades ago by The Mail on Sunday initially reported he was Gunningham, the artist legally changed his name to David Jones, Reuters reported, noting it’s one of England’s most common names.

From The Wall Street Journal

“At its center is Beast Mode: the 510’s legendary fixer and freelance sleuth whose rough exterior hides a code of loyalty and willingness to deal with problems others won’t touch,” the release reads.

From Los Angeles Times

For a growing number of online sleuths, there is a booming business in peddling outlandish answers to those and other sordid questions raised by the trove of newly released files.

From The Wall Street Journal

The unsealed court filings mark the latest chapter in a case which has been dissected by internet sleuths for months.

From BBC

Online sleuths poring over government files have drawn a tenuous connection between the 90-year-old company and Leon Black, the former CEO of its private-equity owner, Apollo Global Management.

From The Wall Street Journal