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dicks

noun

plural of dick

as in detectives

a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons a novel about a hard-boiled dick and the softhearted madam who loves him

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Police said homicide detectives were called to the scene and a person of interest was detained.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Psychiatrists need to be good detectives during the entire process, even after a patient is on a medicine.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

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Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Because one of the boy's family members had measles, investigators tested the boy's lung tissue and found evidence of measles infection, Diamantoni said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

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