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synonyms for muckrake
- barnstorm
- lobby
- politick
- stump
- agitate
- canvass
- contest
- crusade
- electioneer
- run
- tour
- contend for
- go to grass roots
- hit the trail
- mend fences
- mudsling
- press the flesh
- ring doorbells
- run for
- shake hands and kiss babies
- solicit votes
- stand for
- whistle-stop
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How to use muckrake in a sentence
He carried the torch of muckraking journalism during an era when most reporters simply published what politicians said, without questioning or challenging them.
A top columnist who exposed corruption — and sometimes betrayed his principles | Matthew Pressman | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostOf Walt Whitman it is: "The dirty, clumsy paws of a harper whose plectrum is a muckrake."
Shelburne Essays, Third Series | Paul Elmer MoreThe journalist might well exchange the muckrake for the pick and dig it out.
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