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detective

[dih-tek-tiv] / dɪˈtɛk tɪv /


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As plainclothes detective Tony Baretta, he swaggered through four gritty seasons in muscle shirts and a newsboy cap, with a snappy street patter and a pet cockatoo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

A former detective has been elected as the first Reform UK police and crime commissioner.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

"I think that explains a lot about where I ended up. I do feel like a detective."

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Most writers of detective stories trick us by withholding or muddling the one clue that explains everything; Chesterton is so fun that you won’t even care.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The cut-out, a private detective named Robert Maheu, made his way up to Rosselli’s suite at the Plaza and got right to the point.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

But on Thursday, the Monterey County sheriff-coroner announced that detectives had found no evidence that a crime had taken place.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

“While nothing can replace the life that was lost, the swift and focused work of our detectives resulted in the suspect being safely taken into custody.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Essex Police has urged any witnesses to come forward as its detectives piece together what happened.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The information from 2018 gave detectives a second strand of evidence, and grounds to monitor every keystroke that Greer made on police computers.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

And that’s what you get by spending time with detectives.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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