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inspector

[in-spek-ter] / ɪnˈspɛk tər /


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The inspector general found that explanation wasn’t always clear and that the person approving travel often operated under the assumption that an executive had requested it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Olivia Carroll, temporary chief inspector at Sussex Police, said there was a "large number of reports" of retail crime in the county - including "organised criminality" by groups.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

A new report this week by the Defense Department’s inspector general says the war “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Ten days after filing his anonymous complaint, he submitted a letter to the inspector general’s office, along with a USB drive with the 122 recordings, which he’d made over a span of about six months.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“Used to be an inspector himself,” the neighbor said.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

The group said engineers and building inspectors had been at the site to carry out structural assessments, and its team was working to assist guests.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

A little over a year after that 2024 TV appearance, inspectors from the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy arrived at Perkins’s clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar to serve as Donald Trump's presidential jet experienced a takeoff delay Wednesday as inspectors checked one of its inflatable slides used for emergency evacuations.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The agency, which has no inspectors in North Korea since it was expelled in 2009, relies on satellite imagery for assessments.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Next, one of the inspectors for the Eighth Ward testified that Susan B. Anthony had cast a ballot.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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