inquisitor
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Why, his inquisitor demanded, had Dillon, Read taken a disproportionate share of the profit from the funds it managed for the public?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
You tell me, her inquisitor throws back at her, and she concludes somewhat hollowly, “I don’t know.”
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024
The 30-second clip featured the president dodging questions from an offscreen inquisitor.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Cornwell surely knew there was a fan in Morris, an enthusiast of the elusive as much as an inquisitor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
She’d land a few light licks on our legs, though, and since we didn’t want to hurt her feelings we’d scream and holler as if we were receiving the twenty-one lashes from a Spanish inquisitor.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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