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Recent Examples of inspector
Sides was a contract inspector who worked for Victory Powerline Services.
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Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025
The Japanese restaurant was given a yellow placard after inspectors found multiple repeat health code violations.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Health inspectors first visited the store on March 25 and 26, and observed fresh rodent droppings in multiple areas of the deli section and live cockroaches in the bakery department.
—Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Two Fort Worth restaurants were closed after health inspectors found roach infestations and rodent droppings, latest inspection report shows.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025
The Japanese restaurant was given a yellow placard after inspectors found multiple repeat health code violations.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Health inspectors first visited the store on March 25 and 26, and observed fresh rodent droppings in multiple areas of the deli section and live cockroaches in the bakery department.
—Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Two Fort Worth restaurants were closed after health inspectors found roach infestations and rodent droppings, latest inspection report shows.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
Noun
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Last fans saw, she was picked up by two New York Police Department officers who escorted her off a bus and told her detectives at the police station had questions for her about Famous' death.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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Resurrection, a sci-fi detective movie from Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), is a late addition to this year’s competition.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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According to the documents, investigators secured a search warrant for footage from inside the school and saw Morrison encourage other students to mentally and physically abuse a child at the school.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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On April 16, investigators determined her account was accessed from an IP address at a home where 44-year-old Maximilian Bondrescu lived.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Internet sleuths noticed something else: Noem was wearing a Rolex that reportedly sells for $50,000.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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McKnight believes amateur sleuths or hackers already know Trump's cell number, which could lead to unsolicited spoofing calls or other threats – much like the fake phone call the son of Altanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich made on Friday to NFL prospect Shedeur Sanders.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the young patrolman already has a visitor, his worried mother.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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After Shannon and Maggie’s deaths, Dennis Police Department Police Chief John Brady issued a statement on behalf of patrolman John Hubbard.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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At a court appearance on Saturday, Hamilton County sheriff's deputies packed the courtroom in support of the fallen deputy, according to ABC Cincinnati affiliate WCPO.—
Victoria Arancio,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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The site where a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy was fatally struck Friday by a vehicle.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Camacho, known for obtaining the photos, names and serial numbers of 9,000 LAPD officers, then publishing them and subsequently being targeted with two lawsuits from L.A. City Atty.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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The officers responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. about a Kia SUV stolen from Edgewood, Kentucky, when four suspects inside the car took off running, Fox 19 Now reported.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Soon, local dance halls were forced to adhere to the policewoman’s new regulations, from changing their provocative business names to installing better lighting to barring men from approaching women without a formal introduction by an usher.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The second Trump administration looks set to entirely do away the role of world policeman, and cynics might say, replace it with the role for rent collector.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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His son Flávio had been found to be paying a salary to the wife and the mother of a fugitive policeman who was wanted for running a murder-for-hire operation.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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