The reporter's job was to muckrake and then write about the findings for the newspaper. From LearnThat.org.
It is neither our purpose nor our desire merely to "muckrake" Pittsburg or any other city. From Wordnik.com. ["Instead of an Article : About Pittsburg and, Incidentally, about Editing a Magazine"] Reference
The noun "muckrake" (literally, a rake for "muck," i.e., manure) rose out of the dung heap and into the realm of literary metaphor in 1684. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
But then, why bother, it's easier to muckrake than research, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Exporting Event Waivers?] Reference
Sure, they send some crummy muckrake to extricate their most valuable. From Wordnik.com. [Galaxy Jane]
That could have been used to be sent out to human rights organizations to muckrake. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2003] Reference
If you want to muckrake old business, let's talk about the Kennedy's and Marilyn Monroe or Chappaquiddik. From Wordnik.com. [Obama uses Daschle to make blue-collar pitch in new SD spot] Reference
It's one thing to muckrake with our military under the guise of a threat to our nation's security, but that excuse went out the window years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama Redefines the "Center" of our Nation's Defense Against Terror] Reference
But, we don't really have much control over the institutions of our government which make it their business to meddle and muckrake with other nations. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes U.S. So Exceptional?] Reference
But there's a problem: if you are going to muckrake with science, you need to be able to refute scientific evidence which doesn't agree with your hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [Trevor Butterworth: The Case Against Worrying About Phthalates in Children's Toys] Reference
And all too often we have encountered, not only on the other side, but on our own side too, "the man who could look no way but downwards, with a muckrake in his hand.". From Wordnik.com. [David Trimble - Nobel Lecture] Reference
CNN stop covering this moron just to muckrake Palin, practice some responsible journalism .... heck, even the liberals I know are getting tired of your sensationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Johnston says Palin lost his vote] Reference
With the convictions of Lay and Skillings, Palastseized the opportunity to muckrake enough dirt on Enron to fill its former Houston headquarters from basement to rooftop. From Wordnik.com. [GODFATHER GOVERNMENT: A Way Of Life Is Not A Scandal] Reference
It should be more than deflating to the parasites in the White House if they finally manage to get approval for an increased force, but, can't get permission (or funding) to muckrake around the world with them. From Wordnik.com. [More Soldiers For Bush's 'Ideological War'] Reference
The FISA courts are, despite their misuse, the primary check on the Executive branch's and their agents 'ambitions to eavesdrop and muckrake into the lives of our country's citizens for reasons of national security or for other more nefarious purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Relying on 'Reasonable' Beliefs of Bush and Hayden] Reference
But since ye prefer it this way, ye muckrake, faith. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Blood] Reference
Sitting around with nothing better to do than muckrake. From Wordnik.com. [The Jawa Report] Reference
And the media stood by their decision to muckrake by arguing for the public's right to know. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodthirsty Liberal] Reference
Arn is an aggressive reporter, never afraid to ask difficult questions, hound evasive sources, or muckrake when things appear suspect. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
The details of the story were to be held in reserve for publicity in case the muckrake magazines should try to make capital of the report of Elliot. From Wordnik.com. [The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North] Reference
The muckrake magazines have raised such a row about the Guttenchild crowd putting over a big steal on the public that the party leaders are scared stiff. From Wordnik.com. [The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North] Reference
You cannot do it if, like John Bunyan's man with the muckrake, you keep your eyes always down on the straw at your feet, and never lift them to the crown above. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms] Reference
During a Southeast Tennessee Political Action Committee meeting Friday, Councilman Manny Rico twice warned council hopefuls not to muckrake the sitting local government. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Anyone who promises to 'mock, madden and maybe even muckrake' has my attention - especially when he's fighting for my right to plant my sticks wherever the Constitution says I can.". From Wordnik.com. [legitgov] Reference
Where’s Cowtends Kateclean, the woman with the muckrake?. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Why, if any one started in really to muckrake this old respectable burg, the smell would drive most of our best citizens to the woods. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Clarion] Reference
Those struggling to get by haven’t the time or opportunities to muckrake --- to go through endless amounts of information and put the pieces together for people to think seriously about. From Wordnik.com. [It's the Economy, and I'm Stupid] Reference
So they didn't really muckrake very much. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2001] Reference
(Indeed, it was at a Gridiron dinner that Teddy Roosevelt first railed about about those who "muckrake.". From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
It's fun to muckrake a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerously Irrelevant] Reference
Good muckrake. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Nick Hanauer Redux] Reference
You know, someone to "muckrake.". From Wordnik.com. [Report: NAFTA-Gate Leaker Said Hillary's People Were Reassuring Canada, Too] Reference
We’re dicked until the muckrake. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
I can walk, talk, write, complain, vent, contribute, muckrake and make my changes. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas DeLorenzo: AIDS in America 2009 -- Where oh where is Ryan White when we need him most?] Reference
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