shoe-leather
adjective
shoe-leath·er
ˈshü-ˌle-t͟hər 
: involving or using basic, direct, or old-fashioned methods
shoe-leather journalism
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Blending gallows humor with shoe-leather police work, riveting performances, and a twisted central mystery, Dept. Q manages to find hope and healing in the midst of human-on-human horror.
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EW.com, 25 June 2025
Alexander Langmuir, its founder, was the CDC’s chief epidemiologist and has often been called the father of shoe-leather epidemiology – on-the-ground, out-of-the-office disease investigation through extensive field work and engagement with affected populations.
—Casey Luc, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The result, in which brave inmate activists Melvin Ray and Robert Earl Council leak vital information, and the filmmakers chase down leads with shoe-leather doggedness, should outrage the nation.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
In an era of drone surveys and time-lapse camera readouts of forest growth, the shoe-leather study has endured as a rare and vital long-term look at how seasonal biological phenomena change over time.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
But as results of the 1956 election demonstrated, shoe-leather reporting was no antidote for the wayward polls.
—W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration’s shoe-leather diplomacy also advanced last spring’s developments.
—Stephen Pomper, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2022
Martinez, 59, a Republican, has raised less than $15,000 but is hopeful his shoe-leather campaign can win votes.
—Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
The consummate process film is a deliberate portrayal of shoe-leather journalism and uncovering the government rot from the outside in.
—Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 26 June 2024
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EW.com, 25 June 2025
Alexander Langmuir, its founder, was the CDC’s chief epidemiologist and has often been called the father of shoe-leather epidemiology – on-the-ground, out-of-the-office disease investigation through extensive field work and engagement with affected populations.
—Casey Luc, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The result, in which brave inmate activists Melvin Ray and Robert Earl Council leak vital information, and the filmmakers chase down leads with shoe-leather doggedness, should outrage the nation.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
In an era of drone surveys and time-lapse camera readouts of forest growth, the shoe-leather study has endured as a rare and vital long-term look at how seasonal biological phenomena change over time.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
But as results of the 1956 election demonstrated, shoe-leather reporting was no antidote for the wayward polls.
—W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration’s shoe-leather diplomacy also advanced last spring’s developments.
—Stephen Pomper, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2022
Martinez, 59, a Republican, has raised less than $15,000 but is hopeful his shoe-leather campaign can win votes.
—Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
The consummate process film is a deliberate portrayal of shoe-leather journalism and uncovering the government rot from the outside in.
—Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 26 June 2024
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