sleuth
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There the nun discovers her own inner sleuth, and unexpectedly finds joy in life outside the cloister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
But it doesn’t take a sleuth to understand the underlying dynamic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
As Jessica Fletcher, the mystery-writing amateur sleuth in “Murder, She Wrote,” Lansbury never prejudges.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 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
And there she comes, strawberry-haired Nancy Drew, the girl sleuth, so American and so sure of herself, wearing a round collared blouse and a pencil skirt, wielding her magnifying glass.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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