to nose out a scandal

  • 1nose — I n. 1) to blow; wipe one s nose 2) to pick one s nose 3) an aquiline, Roman; bulbous; pug, snub, turned up nose 4) a bloody; running, runny nose (the child has a runny nose) 5) through the nose (to breathe through the nose) 6) a nose bleeds;… …

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  • 2nose — noseless, adj. noselike, adj. /nohz/, n., v., nosed, nosing. n. 1. the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration …

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  • 3nose — n. & v. n. 1 an organ above the mouth on the face or head of a human or animal, containing nostrils and used for smelling and breathing. 2 a the sense of smell (dogs have a good nose). b the ability to detect a particular thing (a nose for… …

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  • 4nose — 1. noun 1) a punch on the nose Syn: snout, muzzle, proboscis, trunk; informal beak, snoot, schnoz, schnozzola, sniffer, honker 2) a nose for scandal Syn: instinct, feeling …

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  • 5smell out — verb 1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling He can smell out trouble • Syn: ↑sniff out, ↑scent out, ↑nose out • Entailment: ↑smell • Verb Frames …

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  • 6Mark Foley scandal — The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on soliciting e mails and sexually explicit instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican Congressman from Florida, to teenaged boys who had formerly served as congressional… …

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  • 7News International phone hacking scandal — Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, the parent company of News International The News International phone hacking scandal is an ongoing controversy involving mainly the News of the World but also other… …

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  • 8News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations — The News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations followed the revelations in 2005 of voicemail interception on behalf of News of the World. Despite wider evidence of wrongdoing, the News of the World royal phone hacking scandal appeared …

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  • 9Don Beech scandal — The Don Beech Scandal was a storyline in the long running police procedural British television series, The Bill. The storyline centred around the corrupt Detective Sergeant Don Beech. Since the character s debut in 1995, his corruption had… …

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  • 10Disrepute — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disrepute >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disrepute disrepute discredit Sgm: N 1 ill repute ill repute bad repute bad name bad odor bad favor ill name ill odor ill favor Sgm: N 1 disapprobation …

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