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Recent Examples of inspector
Premiering in August 2024, Bad Monkey‘s first season introduced viewers to Vaughn’s Andrew Yancy, who has taken up a job as a health inspector in the Keys after being bounced from the Miami Police Department.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
The inspector was, in fact, an undercover agent.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
An inspector would, of course, benefit the seller and buyer as well.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
An inspector noticed strawberries and a bell pepper with white organic matter, fruit flies in the kitchen and unlabeled bulk food containers.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
The inspector was, in fact, an undercover agent.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
An inspector would, of course, benefit the seller and buyer as well.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
An inspector noticed strawberries and a bell pepper with white organic matter, fruit flies in the kitchen and unlabeled bulk food containers.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
Noun
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Two days later, the case was assigned to a detective in the domestic violence unit, who identified Anderson as matching the description.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
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The woman later described to detectives seeing blood in the hall near the kitchen entryway.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hamilton County Coroner's Office investigators are looking for relatives or friends of a West End woman who died recently.—
Enquirer staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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In mid-2020, investigators had a major breakthrough.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Thursday Murder Club is about amateur sleuths.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell famously manufactured a phony real-life romance — all while Sweeney was still engaged — that got internet sleuths buzzing and bolstered audience interest to see what chemistry might be on screen.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Boston Blue, Sean has moved to Boston to start his own new chapter, as a patrolman for the Boston PD — thus paving the way for his father’s own move.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
18 July 2025
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Nevertheless, Smiley and the rest of the Homeless Unit — comprised of one sergeant and three patrolmen split into two teams — encourage people at the camps to go to a shelter.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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The family of Adair, a Kansas City, Kansas, man allegedly killed by a Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputy in July, is calling for authorities to release video evidence related to his death to the public for the sake of accountability and transparency.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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The company then sent videos to the sheriff’s office for review, where officers approved issuing the violations.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has taken up the anti-immigrant campaign aggressively, deputizing law-enforcement officers to assist ICE in its roundups.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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One person was killed and three others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Pala early Sunday morning, according to California Highway Patrol officers.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Former policewoman Nerea, dismissed from the force, is drawn back when ritualistic murders emerge, confronting ghosts of her past and city’s underworld.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham had an up-close discussion with a policewoman during the team's playoff win against the Atlanta Dream Thursday night in Atlanta.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two policemen were injured and the driver was killed, police confirmed, after the vehicle landed in a ditch.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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The three fallen policemen were identified as Detective-Sgt.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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