inspect
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Immigration officials came to the campus to inspect passports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Local residents arrived in the village to inspect their homes, while others cleaned up the dust and debris from their damaged properties.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Each day, I made the three-mile round trip to inspect the warblers, chipmunks and generally mysterious rustlings of the underbrush.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Even today, pathologists diagnosing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease typically inspect a handful of tissue samples from an organ containing some 86 billion neurons.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
But the joke never went any further, because Annie didn’t have an ID and the strangely principled clerk wouldn’t even pull it out from behind the counter for her to inspect.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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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
Estyn in Wales and the body that inspects Church of England schools and academies have also both moved away from a single grade approach.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
The PCAOB, which regulates the accounting firms that audit U.S.-listed companies, sets audit standards, inspects audits and disciplines firms for violations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
“The Anxious Generation,” by Jonathan Haidt, inspects the pervasive anxiety of the modern era and offers solutions to heal it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
She lifts my arms and inspects my hands, her touch rough.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Records show Domani inspected construction at the 222 Broadway site in 2023, but the work was separate from the conversion to residential buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Rabie, however, said Israeli army, police and fire service personnel arrived in the village about half an hour after the attack and inspected the damage to the mosque and other property.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
It’s unclear how thoroughly the boat, which was documented in Stockton, was maintained or inspected before this week’s voyage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The fact that a different adjuster inspected the same property and found substantially more covered damage suggests the initial inspection was incomplete at best, and reckless at worst.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
He passed the gun over to Rick, who inspected it expertly, by way of years of experience.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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“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
He received a royal salute before inspecting a guard of honour of soldiers from the Royal Company of Archers, who serve as the King's ceremonial bodyguard in Scotland.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Susman, Jacob and a small team of Pixar employees then spent a weekend inspecting 30,000 files, fueled by way too much pizza and coffee poured by Catmull and Pixar’s chairman: Steve Jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The flow of residents to Nabatieh picked up later in the day, with people inspecting their homes and properties as heavy machinery worked to remove rubble and clear roads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
“I hope you know how to get in,” said Nimbus, inspecting the closed door with his good eye.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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