Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspectors
Noun
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Payments will be based on severity and duration of the abuse, the level of cooperation with investigators and other factors, records show.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026 -
Quinn says investigators questioned his story.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Homicide detectives are investigating the incident as a drive-by shooting, police said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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For decades, the Zeigler case has fascinated the public around the world, leading to television shows, books, documentaries and a variety of crime sleuths creating various conspiracy theories.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Amateur sleuths who tried to help solve the shocking case stirred up rumors online — many of which remained active and have only grown in the time since the college student homicides.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Mar. 2026
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Travelers said the long lines have been frustrating and are looking forward to TSA officers getting paid again.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside were the officers’ first assignments.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The author argues that sheriffs should not have independent authority over ballots and election procedures, and calls for the state legislature to clarify sheriff powers by amending the constitution to make sheriffs appointed rather than elected, similar to police chiefs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Those sheriffs were featured in a recent Courier Journal investigation that found that one in six Kentucky counties has had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted since 2010.—
Josh Wood,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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He was engaged in a battle of courtesy with some policemen over a brand of cigarettes called Long Life.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Two Israeli strikes early Sunday in the Gaza Strip killed six Palestinians, including three policemen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The city is also on the hook to hire 4,000 cops after voters changed the city’s charter in 2024.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Idaho State troopers, who handle law enforcement duties at the Capitol, took the nine protesters into custody.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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But the agency said footage shows the officers encountered Paez Terán in a tent in the woods and fired in self-defense after the activist shot at troopers and ignored verbal commands to leave the tent.—
R.j. Rico,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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