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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sleuth .
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Examples
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Russian hackers and Iranian data scrapers would have easily singled out 32 and 3 and 24 as mnemonic devices associated with legendary American athletes, but not even the most determined hacker would have ever sleuthed his way to the number 81.
Bill, About That Code Snafu: We Understand Joe Queenan 2010
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Eventually, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel withdrew the objections after OnEarth and other reporters sleuthed out the truth, and demonstrated that the spill was indeed Canadian tar sands heavy crude.
Henry Henderson: Oil Infrastructure Failure: Three Strikes for Enbridge 2010
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Eventually, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel withdrew the objections after OnEarth and other reporters sleuthed out the truth, and demonstrated that the spill was indeed Canadian tar sands heavy crude.
Henry Henderson: Oil Infrastructure Failure: Three Strikes for Enbridge 2010
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Eventually, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel withdrew the objections after OnEarth and other reporters sleuthed out the truth, and demonstrated that the spill was indeed Canadian tar sands heavy crude.
Henry Henderson: Oil Infrastructure Failure: Three Strikes for Enbridge 2010
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Eventually, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel withdrew the objections after OnEarth and other reporters sleuthed out the truth, and demonstrated that the spill was indeed Canadian tar sands heavy crude.
Henry Henderson: Oil Infrastructure Failure: Three Strikes for Enbridge 2010
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Mike and Chris had sleuthed out what train I would be on and ridden their bikes to meet me.
Archive 2009-09-01 Michelle 2009
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Years ago, for Redbook, I sleuthed out biased judges, resulting in one being booted off the bench and official investigations being launched on two others.
Sheila Weller: Time To Have a Little Talk About Those "Women's Magazines?" 2009
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Mike and Chris had sleuthed out what train I would be on and ridden their bikes to meet me.
Column: The Communion of Saints Michelle 2009
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Novak is fuzzy on a few facts, and Russert catches him on two "misstatements" - Novak originally said he'd been told Plame's name, but in his most recent version claims to have sleuthed it out via "Who's Who."
Rachel Sklar: Russert Watch: Biden, Newt, Novak and World War III 2008
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But Integrated Media Measurement sleuthed that only 23.7% of Oscar viewers had seen any of the five nominated best pictures.
MediaBizBuzz for March 3, 2008: Envisioning The Future: "Yes, We Can" Contesting Cynicism 2008
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