private investigator
Example Sentences
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The private investigator told the court he had contacted ANL when he first read about the statement in a newspaper in 2023, to tell them he had not given it.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Wright later called an allegation of paying a private investigator to "blag" information from Lady Lawrence "absolute nonsense".
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
In 1986, Don Winslow was a 33-year-old New York-born, world-traveling private investigator who, during stakeouts, read crime fiction by authors such as Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy and Joseph Wambaugh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The actress and writer appears as private investigator Elena Ravenscroft in Run Away, an eight-episode series based on the Harlan Coben novel.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
He could have gotten Nazario to hire the best private investigator in the city and traced her all the way to Florida.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
