as in inspections
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
gave the painting a preliminary look-see to determine whether it could possibly be a genuine old master
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Because Indiana doesn't require routine vehicle inspections, the truck remained street legal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026 -
The full inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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By age 14, Abergel had dropped out of school, taken his graduate record examinations and ventured to New York in hopes of one day joining the American Ballet Theatre.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Nardello is described as a global investigations firm with expertise in tracing company assets, financial examinations, and criminal and civil white collar litigation, the committee said.—
Jonathan Randles,
Bloomberg,
31 Dec. 2025
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The port issue shows how Haiti’s monopolistic practices block foreign investment even when all necessary audits and authorizations have been provided to international partners and financial institutions.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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While human rights advocates argue that arrivals face significant scrutiny, government audits have found flaws and data inaccuracies in records.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2025
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The study offers rare, direct evidence of this process by tracking cool gas across entire galaxies, something that was not possible before large surveys like MaNGA.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Doubts have been cast on jobs data due to misinterpretations of the labor bureau’s routine reviews of its statistics and its admissions about the difficulty of getting answers to its employment surveys.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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Maxwell, who was vocal about her holding situation, also said guards kept her away from other prisoners, watched her around the clock, forced her to undergo numerous body scans and conducted multiple searches of her cell each day.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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The researchers analyzed more than 61,000 MRI scans from a large UK health database to better understand the muscle’s structure.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Look-sees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look-sees. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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