muck-rake

Cartwrights never did muck-rake — that is, not the big

THEFT 2010

The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

Thoughts 2010

Or do we have to muck-rake through Cindy McCain's past (who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and is a more valid comparison).

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

Maybe it WOULD be a good idea only to talk to newspapers that are offering money, if others are just going to muck-rake anyway.

suspendered 2006

Patrick hurriedly held the muck-rake out of my reach and blocked my entrance to the stall.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

I wasn't trying to muck-rake or set him up in any way.

CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2001 2001

We have no desire to muck-rake or belittle the achievements of men who, rising above the circumstances of their time and class, escaped from the stranglehold of white supremacy and suffered the penalties of opposition to an oppressive regime.

Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 Ray Esther 1969

There stood also one over his head with a celestial crown in His hand, and proffered him that crown for his muck-rake, but the man did neither look up nor regard, but raked to himself the straws, the small sticks, and the dust of the floor.

Humanly Speaking Samuel McChord Crothers

The man with the muck-rake, then, is one who can look no way but downward, and is so intent on collecting riches for himself that he does not see or regard any higher interests.

Humanly Speaking Samuel McChord Crothers

But it might be well to refresh our minds in regard to what is really meant by the man with the muck-rake.

Humanly Speaking Samuel McChord Crothers