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inspect

[in-spekt] / ɪnˈspɛkt /


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The air quality regulator sent an enforcement team to inspect the site Saturday and confirmed food removal had been completed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Most schools still contain some asbestos and authorities must regularly inspect it to check it has not been damaged and at risk of releasing tiny fibres into the air, which can cause cancers like mesothelioma.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

My friend held up a chicken finger for me to inspect.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

Writers have always had to break the spell of composition to inspect their creation’s seams.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The trunks right themselves instantly, but Hector picks up the cage to inspect the damage.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

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

You sense it when Timothea quietly inspects herself in a bathroom mirror, wishing her life was more than it is.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

She drops the beast, enters the burrow, inspects the interior for last-minute irregularities, then comes out to pull it in for the egg-laying.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Search and rescue operations were ongoing early on Saturday as emergency services inspected buildings for damage.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

But "we must stay on our guard" as buildings were being inspected and aftershocks were possible, Sanz added, noting that the last earthquake of this magnitude in Andalusia hit in 1955.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

“The roughly 140 shops inspected represent only about 10% of the estimated 1,342 fabrication operations statewide.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

On Monday, as he inspected the mine after heavy rains, he spotted the rock.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

He pulled out the card and inspected it over the rim of his glasses.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

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

And this, apparently, was what Hesterfowl was inspecting, stopping every so often to peer with a beady eye into a tiny blue vortex.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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