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the couple paid a gumshoe to look for their missing son
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The platform that made a gumshoe as flimsy as Benoit Blanc the center of his own franchise owes her all that and more.—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025 The gumshoe’s exploits, punctuated with suspense, dark comedy and a motley cast unique to the demimonde of the Mexican capital, have been made into films and a Netflix series and translated into English and other languages.—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025 The twist: The gumshoe is a two-year-old boy, the newcomer his baby sister.—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024 Lansbury became a household name thanks to her portrayal of an unusual gumshoe, often in perilous situations but always polite and clutching a sensible handbag.—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gumshoe
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