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Recent Examples of inspector
Marine veteran and city inspector Jesus Leza has three daughters.
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Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2026
Italian media reported today that an inspector sent by the minister to Venice has set up an office in Ca’ Giustinian, a palazzo on the Grand Canal in San Marco, and has demanded full access to all records related to Moscow’s presence at the exhibition.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The county posted a stop-work order on the building, which is shown in the inspector’s photographs with plywood animal cages stacked in the back, even though the last use permit described for the building allowed only vehicle storage.
—Elainie Colton, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
The inspector ultimately pleaded guilty to falsifying the inspections in October 2025.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
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Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2026
Italian media reported today that an inspector sent by the minister to Venice has set up an office in Ca’ Giustinian, a palazzo on the Grand Canal in San Marco, and has demanded full access to all records related to Moscow’s presence at the exhibition.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
The county posted a stop-work order on the building, which is shown in the inspector’s photographs with plywood animal cages stacked in the back, even though the last use permit described for the building allowed only vehicle storage.
—Elainie Colton, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
The inspector ultimately pleaded guilty to falsifying the inspections in October 2025.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
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Court records show Dial sued a former Parker Police Department detective over his 2022 arrest for tampering with evidence and being an accessory to murder.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The lawsuit claims that Santana was the lead detective assigned to the case, while Smith was the sergeant who supervised the investigative team.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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His attorney had asked officers to check on him, investigators said.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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That’s not true, Enders told lottery investigators, arguing the halves came from a single ticket.—
Jack Jankowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Baldoni’s extensive filing also made its way online, with court documents available for internet sleuths to pick through and draw their own conclusions.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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In the missing scientist case, would-be sleuths looked elsewhere and found a cluster of four people in New Mexico who went missing within the past year and have not been found.—
Faye Flam,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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One patrolman said the officer who died had held the door for him just two days ago, during a shift change.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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The character is said to be an homage to an actual Western District patrolman named Bob Brown.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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One of the owners told officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that 31 other sloths, from Guyana and Peru, had died — either on the way to the attraction or after arriving and being stored over cold nights in a building with no heat or running water.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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His attorney had asked officers to check on him, investigators said.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Riverside County sheriff’s officials have said about 5,000 to 6,000 children run away or go missing each year in the county.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Benjamin Lee Millspaw, 56, was swimming off Cottrell Key, a mangrove island about nine miles northwest of Key West, around noon, and he was pulled from the water, according to the sheriff’s office.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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The National Police said 23-year-old policewoman Victoria Shpylka was killed in the explosion, while 25 people suffered injuries of varying severity.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
22 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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To be honest, this risk goes also to nurses, policemen, teachers, doctors, public servants.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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An unknown bomb-thrower at a labor rally sparked the Haymarket Affair on the Near West Side; eight policemen and at least four civilians died.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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