private eye
Example Sentences
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He wrote best-selling books, acted in TV shows like “Miami Vice,” was a frequent guest lecturer on college campuses, started a private eye franchise and worked as a security consultant.
From Seattle Times
Quirky but pragmatic, this Southern California private eye has a knack for taking on seemingly easy-money cases only to have an alphabet soup of complications arise.
From Washington Post
Because no one suspected that the beguiling woman mingling in Alabama social circles was a private eye hunting a master embezzler.
From Washington Post
A private eye follows a millionaire’s wife to Havana, where they fall in love.
From Los Angeles Times
Rawlins, a Black World War II veteran, was originally an unlicensed private eye in postwar Los Angeles.
From Seattle Times
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