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Recent Examples of inspector
This included reports of de facto Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice inspectors instructing health clinics, shops, markets, government offices and taxi drivers to deny services to women not accompanied by a mahram.
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The department inspectors on the scene on Monday discovered that the steel beams that held up the awning were completely corroded through in several spots, while the Clark Street awning also showed similar signs of poor maintenance, a spokesperson said.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2025
The restaurant was closed after a manager told a health inspector that the building’s water had been shut off, according to the report.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2025
Jeff May, a mold inspector in Massachusetts who co-wrote a book on improving home health called My House Is Killing Me!
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 28 July 2025
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The department inspectors on the scene on Monday discovered that the steel beams that held up the awning were completely corroded through in several spots, while the Clark Street awning also showed similar signs of poor maintenance, a spokesperson said.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2025
The restaurant was closed after a manager told a health inspector that the building’s water had been shut off, according to the report.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2025
Jeff May, a mold inspector in Massachusetts who co-wrote a book on improving home health called My House Is Killing Me!
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
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The boy was later taken into custody at Shawnee High School and questioned by detectives, but was released after police determined he was not involved.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Aug. 2025
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The film stars Smith as a detective in a near-future utopia in which humanity is served by a legion of compliant robots.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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After working with a local towing company to remove the car from the water, investigators then matched the car’s vehicle identification number to Roy Benn, who went missing in September 1967, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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Police ask that anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have information valuable to investigators call detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department’s anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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Similarities appear across these cases that online sleuths believe could signal a connection — such as bodies or remains found in wooded areas, and the majority being women.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
10 Aug. 2025
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And for a more extensive dive into the life of the Victorian detective, The Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker street (the address of Conan Doyle’s fictional sleuth) is a five minute stroll from the hotel.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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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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The Tamir Rice Foundation was established by Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir, after the murder of her son by Timothy Loehmann, a patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police, in 2014.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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According to the victim and witnesses, Gibbon was in the swimming pool with his 33-year-old daughter-in-law when the pair started arguing about his grandchildren, said the sheriff’s office.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Towers, a former sheriff’s deputy who has sought public office previously, won 2,473 votes.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Aug. 2025
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The shooter, identified by officials as 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Nevada, killed three other people: Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, Rudin Management associate Julia Hyman and Aland Etienne, another security officer, before reportedly killing himself.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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That alleged gunman had fired on another unidentified person and was fleeing when the officer’s weapon discharged, police said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Historians have long debated which pioneer in the field of women’s policing holds the title of the U.S.’s first policewoman, as opposed to police matron.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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Faith recalls Lucy talking about how her father, a policeman, would come for her one day, and arrest the Gibbs, who severely mistreated their various wards.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
20 July 2025
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The video then shows the driver of the Explorer stepping out of the car and walking toward the policeman's vehicle.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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