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inspector

[in-spek-ter] / ɪnˈspɛk tər /


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NASA’s inspector general repeatedly has faulted supplier performance and how officials conducted oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In September 2023, the DEA asked Selma to meet Kassis in Istanbul with two money launderers and another Colombian asset posing as an arms inspector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

About 1.8 million Medicare beneficiaries receive hospice care each year, and Medicare pays about $27.5 billion annually for this care, according to the HHS inspector general.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The department’s inspector general, Anthony D’Esposito, a former Long Island congressman, has been expanding his office’s probe into the allegations and already multiple top aides have stepped down.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

I’d taken him for a local police inspector.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin