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inspector

[in-spek-ter] / ɪnˈspɛk tər /


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The contract manager disputed the claim that the travel was prohibited; the inspector general disagreed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

That was echoed by the Scottish Police Federation, which represents officers up to the rank of chief inspector.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The inspector general recommended the high-speed rail authority update its travel policy to get advance written approval for trips, clarify expectations with staff and seek reimbursement for “unallowable expenses paid” from the consulting firms.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 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

The effect was as if each teacher was being examined by a fierce inspector, and each lesson became an ordeal in which not the pupils but the teachers were being tested.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Folkestone and Hythe District Council said 90 people were relocated from Pavilion Court in Marine Terrace following concerns raised by safety inspectors.

From BBC Sep. 20, 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

In their report, OIG inspectors said they found immigrants held at the facility had to use showers infested with small bugs and were only allowed to do so three times a week.

From BBC 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

Mrs. Tallis remained standing, while Briony sat on one side of the writing desk and the inspectors sat on the other.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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