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Recent Examples of inspector
Senior Iranian officials have acknowledged serious damage to the sites, but international inspectors have not yet been given access to fully assess the situation.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Michelin’s California Guide is published each year, highlighting the state’s best restaurants according to the company’s team of anonymous inspectors.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
To learn that, the United States has to ensure ongoing access to nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors ( the Iranian parliament has moved a bill to suspend cooperation with the IAEA).
—Vali Nasr, Time, 26 June 2025
Although water board inspectors originally found high levels of ammonium-nitrate and phosphorus at the egg ranch, later tests found almost no contaminants after the facility began putting all of the egg wash wastewater into temporary holding tanks and hauling it offsite.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Michelin’s California Guide is published each year, highlighting the state’s best restaurants according to the company’s team of anonymous inspectors.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
To learn that, the United States has to ensure ongoing access to nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors ( the Iranian parliament has moved a bill to suspend cooperation with the IAEA).
—Vali Nasr, Time, 26 June 2025
Although water board inspectors originally found high levels of ammonium-nitrate and phosphorus at the egg ranch, later tests found almost no contaminants after the facility began putting all of the egg wash wastewater into temporary holding tanks and hauling it offsite.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
Noun
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Meanwhile, back at the Marine Mammal Care Center, the scientific detective work is about to begin.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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The victim’s relatives showed detectives a photo of Ackerman and the victim in the same area the victim’s body had been located, according to an affidavit.—
Caroline Zimmerman
July 7,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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Fishy past Two decades ago, federal investigators alleged Marky’s was one of those companies caught in black market dealings.—
Kylie Williams,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2025
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State and city fire investigators say the Saddleridge fire began under one of those towers.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The suspect’s name leaked shortly before 12 p.m. Minnesota time Saturday, giving amateur sleuths and conspiracy theorists additional fodder.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
17 June 2025
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Those sleuths aren’t so smart themselves, mistakenly thinking that Kat and her gang are the masterminds behind London’s drug trafficking.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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Police believe Johnson was shot around 2 p.m. While a patrolman was writing a report at the Gary Police Station, 555 Polk St., a man who matched the one seen on the video walked by him and a colleague.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Even though his father was a former patrolman, court papers say, the business was often extorted by a local gang called Barrio 18, which eventually began a campaign of threats and violence against the family.—
Alan Feuer,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Anyone along creeks, streams and the Guadalupe River should seek higher ground, the sheriff's office said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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The sheriff’s office added that two other people remain unaccounted for as search and recovery efforts continue.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Hiestand currently serves on the board of the St. Hope Endowment and previously held dual roles as school founder Kevin Johnson’s personal lawyer and the school’s Title IX officer.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Israel’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which oversees humanitarian and civil efforts in Gaza, released two revealing conversations between Gaza residents and officers from the Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) for Gaza.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 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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Amedy Coulibaly, an accomplice who killed a policewoman and four hostages in a kosher supermarket in Paris during the manhunt for the Kouachis, had been convicted five times for armed robbery.—
Diego Gambetta,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Mar. 2016
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Some of the policemen were busy convincing men with rifles who had positioned themselves in between the houses along West Sullivan Street, facing the school, to hold their fire.—
Sally Ventura
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Baruchel will play Jacob Merrick, a small-town policeman.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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