inspect
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The council said bat surveys should be completed by August 2027 and, once works begin, the council and Historic England officers must be allowed to inspect the building weekly.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The air quality regulator sent an enforcement team to inspect the site Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
My friend held up a chicken finger for me to inspect.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
But Mohammad is afraid officials might inspect the school and "take my daughters into custody".
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
I’d helped Bertha inspect the okra to figure out how many jars we’d need for pickling.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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Adalberto Maypora, a well-known character around town, inspects his fishing boat on a deserted beach nestled between cliffs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
“That’s why SCE grounds idle lines and inspects them,” Dunleavy said of the risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The body also inspects some independent schools in England, while others are assessed by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Edison has said it inspected the unused line in Eaton Canyon annually before the fire — just as often as it inspects live lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
When I finish the model, hours later, Guillermo inspects it and then uses it to pencil different reference points on my practice rock that mark where I’ll cut in for “shoulders” and “heads.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Within a day of that criticism, Mundhe's team inspected canteens in the state's high court complex and flagged violations.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Matwa said that every boat is "thoroughly" inspected so that no suspect cases slips by.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Investigators are still examining how the track was inspected and maintained, the condition of the embankment and whether hot weather may have played a role, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
There was nothing to fear, Mulholland declared as he inspected the water leaking from the dam that morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
She picked her nose and inspected the snot on her finger, and ate it.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Two weeks later, I noticed the fire and safety team walking through the prison, holding clipboards, testing alarms, and inspecting extinguishers.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
AFP photographs showed a child and an elderly man inspecting the charred entrance and windows of the mosque, where part of a prayer carpet had also been burned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“With all of the different regulators inspecting the proposed merger ... I think it helps with a more robust analysis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Hine often donned disguises or pretended to be inspecting a factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Then he made his way cautiously through the rest of the house, inspecting the coatrack by the back door, licking crumbs off the linoleum floor under the kitchen table.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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