detective
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He followed his father and grandfather into the profession, and his goal was to become a detective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Biggie Smalls, and a 2009 Las Vegas homicide detective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Bautista also appeared in 2021's Dune and its 2024 sequel, James Bond film Spectre, Army of the Dead and Knives Out detective thriller Glass Onion.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In an interview with Charlie Rose, Lynch stated that “everybody is a detective and the unknown is a magnet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The three of you have a detective club, right? The Glue Crew?"
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Jonathan and Juliet, who occasionally act as amateur detectives, are smitten with each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler star in the latest DC Studios series on HBO, playing a pair of intergalactic detectives who work for the Green Lantern Corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that detectives had done "serious" work but "didn't have enough evidence" for a charge.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
But after the Sheriff’s Department released a bulletin calling for other possible victims to come forward, detectives learned of several additional burglaries possibly linked to Lavie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Today was the day she was to depart for Baltimore with Mr. Pinkerton and the other detectives.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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