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Recent Examples of inspector
The big picture: The race for district attorney is one of several on the ballot in the May 20 primary, along with city controller, judge of elections and inspector of elections.
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
State inspectors issued orders to dozens of stores to destroy psychoactive hemp products.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Trump's firing of inspectors was contentious A president can fire inspectors general, but Congress requires 30 days' notice and an explanation for removing an inspector general.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Everyone along the supply chain process — from farms, to customs inspectors, to processing centers — has to hire extra people for the holiday, Boldt said.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
State inspectors issued orders to dozens of stores to destroy psychoactive hemp products.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Trump's firing of inspectors was contentious A president can fire inspectors general, but Congress requires 30 days' notice and an explanation for removing an inspector general.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Everyone along the supply chain process — from farms, to customs inspectors, to processing centers — has to hire extra people for the holiday, Boldt said.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspector
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Heidenreich has denied involvement in his girlfriend's death, per the AAP, despite admitting that his stepfather — a former Cairns police officer — was friendly with a detective working on the murder case.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Hardy plays Walker, a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld that is threatening to engulf an entire city.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2025
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According to authorities, investigators have not found any evidence indicating the victim was responsible for the ATV thefts.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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The film details how investigators believed Baumeister may have filmed his victims with a secret camera hidden in an air vent in his basement.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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The series of events — and its twisting threads — have evolved almost as if penned in a crime novel, captivating sleuths and true crime connoisseurs around the world.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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Love Is Blind leaves the answer on a cliffhanger, but internet sleuths have been quick to locate the picture that aroused Taylor’s suspicions in the first place.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
20 Feb. 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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The sheriff's office said Tuesday that the company that provides natural gas service for the home made no significant findings after looking for gas leaks and carbon monoxide, the colorless, odorless gas that can be fatal by depriving people from getting enough oxygen.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The sheriff’s office is expected to release body camera footage from the scene in the coming weeks.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Leading up to Saturday’s presentation, the chief executive officer spoke to WWD about Icicle’s ambitions abroad, its premiumization plan, its secret New York DNA and more.—
Denni Hu,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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In an interview with Forbes.com, Sarah Johnson, Carnegie Hall’s chief education officer, said the Well-Being Concerts—which grew out of the Covid-19 pandemic—for the first time this season are bilingual.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
4 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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But once there, an overly law – abiding British policewoman drags him deep down into the mysterious disappearance of a foreign billionaire, and the most complicated case of murders in his entire career.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Haymarket anarchists in Chicago in the eighteen-nineties may not all have been directly responsible for the bombs that killed seven policemen on a fateful day, but at least one of them had certainly built the bombs.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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When Orsolya knocks on the man’s door with an army of trigger-happy policemen at her back, the bailiff — in her infinite mercy — agrees to give the guy some time to collect his belongings.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Inspector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspector. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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