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That said, in the way of a meager defense, I've done a whole lot of gumshoeing in-country since founding my company there over a decade ago.
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I tell you I'm afraid of pussyfooting and gumshoeing around Seaton and Crane.
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Before Tim was out of the building Killen was gumshoeing after him.
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You don't go gumshoeing it around behind a fellow's back, and talking the same way.
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You don't go gumshoeing it around behind a fellow's back, and talking the same way.
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You don't go gumshoeing it around behind a fellow's back, and talking the same way.
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And old Amzi is gumshoeing through the woods buying bonds of the yaps who shelled out to Samuel -- telling them the company's gone to the bad, and that he's the poor man's friend, anxious to assume their burdens.
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John Scheinfeld at the Doc Blog: "I do love gumshoeing my way into people's hearts, minds, data bases and closets in search of audio / visual material that has not been seen in a zillion other Lennon / Beatles-related documentaries."
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Whereas potential retros used to have to wait for their five - or 10-year high-school reunions to have old acquaintances fall into their lap, now they can simply search Facebook for high-school classmates and fellow college alumni, and re-establish contact without too much gumshoeing.
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I once knew a fellow who got so slick at gumshoeing that he sneaked up on his own shadow and made a fool of himself. "
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