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Recent Examples of inspector
The blank coins are all struck with the design first and then the color is added after an inspector makes sure that the design is correct.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
Hallford agreed to show an inspector inside the next afternoon.
—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Businesses temporarily closed by health inspectors 4604 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento
Number of violations: 13
Date: Friday, Jan. 23
Sacramento County health inspectors shut down the North City Farms Latino supermarket after discovering six cockroaches in the facility.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Bell Gardens Police Chief Paul Camacho said about four to five families were displaced after building inspectors red-tagged the building.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
Hallford agreed to show an inspector inside the next afternoon.
—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Businesses temporarily closed by health inspectors 4604 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento
Number of violations: 13
Date: Friday, Jan. 23
Sacramento County health inspectors shut down the North City Farms Latino supermarket after discovering six cockroaches in the facility.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Bell Gardens Police Chief Paul Camacho said about four to five families were displaced after building inspectors red-tagged the building.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
Noun
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Wright, who formerly worked as a detective, said the video contains apparent facial features such as a mustache and that investigators should be able to calculate height, shoe size and brands of clothing.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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DeOrzio turned himself in to county detectives Tuesday morning and is awaiting an arraignment and preliminary hearing.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Game and Fish investigators requested camera video from homeowners in the areas where poaching activity was known to have occurred.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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According to the subsequent findings of state investigators, Cooke took the child to the basement of her home and placed her in a Pack ‘n Play portable crib for a nap.—
Clark Kauffman,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Seven strangers stranded in a snowstorm at Monkswell Manor all become suspects, and sleuths, when a local woman is murdered.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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In Short’s case, the flattening is particularly egregious, because the inchoate facts of her life are shoehorned into the obsessions of amateur sleuths who continue to get those facts wrong.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Between 1957 to 1989, Fennell moved through the department ranks as patrolman, detective, sergeant, lieutenant, and captain.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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Six months after a man died during an arrest, Haverhill Police will have to wear body cameras according to the policies set under a new contract with the patrolman’s union.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
15 Jan. 2026
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The two officers may be fired and potentially face criminal prosecution, Lyons said.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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An immigration officer chased Aljorna who, according to the government, violently resisted arrest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Like Cincinnati police, Schuler said sheriff's office supervisors usually take on complaints regarding less severe policy violations, such as a deputy speeding on a highway or answering the phone rudely.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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On Saturday night, sheriff's detectives were at the home of Guthrie's daughter Annie Guthrie, as part of a follow-up search in the normal course of the case, a spokesperson confirmed.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Shifa Hospital said the Gaza City apartment building strike killed three children, their aunt and grandmother on Saturday morning, while the strike on the police station killed at least 14 — officers, including four policewomen, civilians and inmates held at the station.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Shifa Hospital said the strike on the police station killed at least 14 people including four policewomen, civilians and inmates.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He was supposed to meet Atre at this address at this time, but instead there was a policeman standing sentry outside.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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At such protests, white policemen often famously saved their worst acts of brutality for the few white demonstrators.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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