亚洲网紅露点

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muckrake

[ muhk-reyk ]

verb (used without object)

muckraked, muckraking.
  1. to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.


muckrake

/ 藞尘蕦办藢谤别瑟办 /

noun

  1. an agricultural rake for spreading manure
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to seek out and expose scandal, esp concerning public figures
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞尘耻肠办藢谤补办别谤, noun
  • 藞尘耻肠办藢谤补办颈苍驳, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘耻肠办路谤补办路别谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of muckrake1

First recorded in 1675鈥85; obsolete muck rake 鈥渁 rake for piling up muck or dung.鈥 The modern sense was first recorded in 1850鈥55. See muck, rake 1
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Woodward and Bernstein had just changed the world with their muckraking, and what was I doing with my brand-new degree in journalism?

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Wells muckraked the failings of the press, in other words.

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Ron Kaye, a longtime Los Angeles Daily News editor known for civically inspired muckraking and boosting the San Fernando Valley 鈥 including a failed bid for the Valley to secede from L.A. 鈥 has died.

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What if the American mainstream news media exercised even one-tenth of the scrutiny, rumor mongering and muckraking, personal and professional invective and score-settling towards Donald Trump that they directed at President Biden?

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The report is the latest sign of the muckraking and personal mudslinging expected in the election.

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