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inspect

[in-spekt] / ɪnˈspɛkt /


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Coast Guard-led team boarded the tankers in the Gulf of Mexico in August to inspect their networks, following indications they had been compromised.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

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

I want to dig through the dirt, climb through these tangled limbs, inspect this gnarled trunk.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

The four-person team inspects every admitted student’s application, taking nothing for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

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

She trains them to stand stock-still when a judge inspects them nose to tail, or trot in a circle without getting distracted by the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 31, 2026

A report last year from Ofsted, the body that regulates and inspects early years education, found vast inequalities across different areas.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

I spend the next hour pinning edge to edge as carefully as I can, but each time I put a completed one down she grabs it, inspects it hastily, and flings it back at me.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

"Use of these small metal enclosures for any reason is unprecedented among detention facilities OIG has inspected and presents significant risks to detainee health and safety," the report said.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

When investigators inspected Enbody in 2025, they found ingredients imported from Chinese suppliers that weren’t registered with the FDA, including a box labeled retatrutide, public records show.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

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

New homes are inspected several times during construction by either local council building inspectors or a registered building control approver, to make sure they meet legal, national building regulations.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

This time I carefully inspected every inch of that chest.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

He was pictured inspecting a seafood processing facility on the island of Iturup, which Japan calls Etorofu.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

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

“The Exorcist” star Linda Blair had her property searched by law enforcement officers who were investigating and inspecting her kennel operation with more than 100 dogs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

On Saturday, ten days after the earthquakes that have left 2,954 dead and thousands still missing, Brazilian and Spanish missions continued inspecting destroyed areas alongside their dogs.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

He glanced at Ridge, who was inspecting a game of Clue.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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