Ever wonder how credit reporting companies like Equifax dig up dirt on overextended consumers?

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"All of my friends are saying Forbes is calling around to dig up dirt on me, " he barks into the phone.

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The father of one of the young men has sent pit-bull detectives to dig up dirt on Copeland to cool his prosecutorial ardor.

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In the Internet age, preparation starts with monitoring adversarial groups and blogs that might be inclined to dig up dirt or even spread false rumors.

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Politicians might dig up dirt on their rivals.

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Cuomo concluded that some of Spitzer's closest aides, including Dopp, the governor's press chief, improperly conspired with the state police to dig up dirt on political arch-rival Joseph Bruno, the Republican majority leader of the New York Senate.

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Whether diners dig into the dirt or not, it does take the idea of organic to a whole new level.

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This week the team decided to use a scoop on the arm to dig up a sample of dirt and found it contained about 1 percent water ice, NASA researchers said.

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Because when Lewis began to dig, he discovered that the dirt was nice and soft from a recent rain.

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The price of fuel is tempting coal mine owners to dig more holes and buy more trucks to shift the dirt.

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To build up his legs, core, arm and hands, he and his brother and father would toss tires, dig holes and refill them, push wheelbarrows full of dirt, cut down trees with an ax and split wood.

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