surveyor
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One of those displaced by the advance was Jamal Abu Miri, a 68-year-old retired land surveyor who understood firsthand that the Yellow Line was more than just an arbitrary marker on a map.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
So he accepts Washington’s self-description as an experienced surveyor and hires him to lead a small expedition to chart the lands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
"Before, we used to pass on the left; now the passage is to the right of the sandbank, and it's very, very narrow," said Daniela Cuoghi, a surveyor for Aipo.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Malaysia’s palm oil exports for June 1-10 are estimated to have risen 4.9% on month, according to cargo surveyor AmSpec Agri Malaysia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In 1792 the surveyor Peter Fidler examined the plains of southern Alberta systematically, the first European to do so.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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“Quality repairs aren’t just about immediate survival — they’re about passing the long-term scrutiny of adjusters, surveyors, and insurers,” the company says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
As Manchester recounted, “The artist’s eye was uncanny; next morning a team of surveyors found he had been less than six inches off the axis.”
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
But though Americans haven’t held back their complaints from surveyors, other signals point to a stretched but resilient consumer economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
That means it couldn’t deploy surveyors to the field to collect the real-time pricing data needed to help generate the inflation index.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
The surveyors had covered a map with scores of figures, each marking an elevation at some point on or around the mountain.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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