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unable to get the interest of the police, they hired a private eye to find their missing daughter
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But his tenacious and loopy ex-wife, the private eye Fiona (Gordon), could foil their master plan.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Whether her character was a nurse, an inmate in a Philippine prison, a Nubian warrior, or a private eye in Kentucky, Grier always found time to put a hurting on any man or woman who provoked her.
—Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
In 1861, a widow named Kate Warne was working with Allan Pinkerton as America’s first female private eye.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
All the Chandler books are great, but there’s something about the private eye that’s very similar to the comedian.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 July 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Whether her character was a nurse, an inmate in a Philippine prison, a Nubian warrior, or a private eye in Kentucky, Grier always found time to put a hurting on any man or woman who provoked her.
—Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
In 1861, a widow named Kate Warne was working with Allan Pinkerton as America’s first female private eye.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
All the Chandler books are great, but there’s something about the private eye that’s very similar to the comedian.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for private eye
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“Private eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20eye. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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