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Recent Examples of inspector
The inspector said there was not enough parking at the location and that there wasn’t space for delivery trucks.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
The complaint also claims resort staff did not alert the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board until two hours later, which prevented inspectors from performing a complete investigation because evidence was destroyed when the lift was reopened.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
The case against Tin originated in June 2023, when U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors intercepted four packages containing 40 eastern box turtles at an international mail facility in Torrance.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
The human resources department cited telehealth providers, investigators and inspectors as examples of employees who fit into this exception.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
The complaint also claims resort staff did not alert the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board until two hours later, which prevented inspectors from performing a complete investigation because evidence was destroyed when the lift was reopened.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
The case against Tin originated in June 2023, when U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors intercepted four packages containing 40 eastern box turtles at an international mail facility in Torrance.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
The human resources department cited telehealth providers, investigators and inspectors as examples of employees who fit into this exception.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
Noun
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This classic comedy follows the unlikely partnership between Hong Kong detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and fast-talking LAPD detective James Carter (Chris Tucker)—two cops with wildly different personalities and approaches to the job.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Homicide detectives and investigators were working the scene, canvassing the area and interviewing witnesses when Binion turned himself in at the jail.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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The IP address and phone number associated with the files belonged to Green, investigators said.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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She was not taken into custody, investigators said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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This inspires manic puzzle-solving reminiscent of David Fincher’s sleuths in Se7en and Zodiac.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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From there, New York City sleuths tracked the cord brand to a local wholesaler, who had records of selling a quantity of it to a Manhattan upholsterer the day before the murder.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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Wambaugh, who joined the LAPD as a patrolman in 1960, made a splash with his debut novel, The New Centurions, a sweeping tale that followed three young LAPD officers during a five-year period that led to the 1965 Watts riots.—
Chris Koseluk,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Caught in the middle of this controversy was Deputy Keith Farquhar, then a young patrolman.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2025
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That person was transported to a local hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable, according to the sheriff's office.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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An investigation remains active and ongoing, the sheriff's office said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Chamberlain said only law enforcement officers testifying or those there on official capacity, like courtroom security, could wear uniforms.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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Arriving officers found one man outside who had called 911 to report the shooting, police said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2025
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The new policewoman’s main duties included supervising and enforcing laws relating to dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, movie theaters and other places of public recreation.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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The comedy that launches the action—J’s meet-cute with a woman called Parm (Karen Black) while stealing her car—soon curdles into cruel absurdity as policemen (Ed Madsen and a young Robert De Niro) force J to become an informant.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Schumacher is a former policeman who created The Responder, the Martin Freeman-starring police drama that has been critically lauded.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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