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sleuth

[slooth] / sluθ /


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Wherever the sleuth goes, the scribe is sure to follow—if about five steps behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But it doesn’t take a sleuth to understand the underlying dynamic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Glenn Whipp bemoans the unlikelihood of Daniel Craig earning an acting nod as sly sleuth Benoit Blanc.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

But now, after an internet sleuth joined the search, the mystery man has finally been identified.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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