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Recent Examples of inspector
The deal should also require that Tehran let the IAEA verify how Iranian nuclear equipment and materials are being used, with the clear understanding that if the agency’s inspectors were ever stonewalled, Washington would be within its rights to revoke the agreement.
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Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
Between them, Local 3621 and Local 2507 represent thousands of FDNY emergency medical technicians, paramedics, fire inspectors and emergency response managers.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Michelin Guide inspectors check in anonymously, evaluate hotels’ unique concepts and personalities, and suss out the quality of their hospitality.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Since then, its team of incognito inspectors have checked into thousands of hotels, dined at just as many restaurants, and experienced scores of spa treatments to bring you information on the very best places to stay, eat and relax around the world.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
Between them, Local 3621 and Local 2507 represent thousands of FDNY emergency medical technicians, paramedics, fire inspectors and emergency response managers.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Michelin Guide inspectors check in anonymously, evaluate hotels’ unique concepts and personalities, and suss out the quality of their hospitality.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Since then, its team of incognito inspectors have checked into thousands of hotels, dined at just as many restaurants, and experienced scores of spa treatments to bring you information on the very best places to stay, eat and relax around the world.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
Noun
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While genre fiction steadily advances onto bestseller lists, realism soldiers on, amid cyborgs and dragons and boozy detectives.—
Hamilton Cain,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Last week, prosecutors called their final witness, the Chicago police detective who was the lead investigator in the case.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Eliott Simpson, senior aviation accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the plane departed from Teterboro, New Jersey, at about 11:15 p.m. on May 21 and flew to Wichita, Kansas.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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However, investigators are still working to determine what sparked the violence.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 May 2025
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Today, the other three women have been reclaimed, these sleuths reason.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Internet sleuths had guessed that the secret carpet color would be blue, posting their theories on X ahead of tonight's event.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
6 May 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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Two days later, police in Iowa reached out to deputies in Tennessee to say a missing 13-year-old may be in Jefferson County, according to the sheriff’s office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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The grandmother was being held on a $160,000 bond, while her daughter was held on a $105,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Related Articles Nielsen, Verisk and Accenture alum Laurie Lovett is Sol de Janeiro’s new chief people and impact officer.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
27 May 2025
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Ukrainian fighter jets have struck a base belonging to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Belgorod region, killing intelligence officers, according to a report.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 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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Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Snitch and played a sympathetic policeman in the alien drama Glitch.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Bush came to office determined not to act as the global policeman.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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