onlooker
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Another onlooker, 18-year-old Zoe Perez, was on the verge of tears.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
King Charles moved to the groove as an onlooker said: "It's not as easy as it looks, is it?"
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Any rational onlooker would assume that the Trojans had held on for good, dispatching of the Ducks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
An onlooker warned the agents, “You gonna let him die.”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
When the music stops, Didu's the only onlooker who bursts into applause.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
In the park of the Temple of Amun, near the centre, hundreds of onlookers had gathered despite the stifling August heat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
But the silence has catalyzed non-Swiftie onlookers to gin up something decisively, inarguably odious to place at the singer’s feet.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Topolino immediately hooked the crowd, with onlookers angling to snap photos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The rescuers guided Gil out of his would-be tomb, onto a gurney and outside into the crush of onlookers waiting below the tropical sun, already blazing before 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
He looks out onto the onlookers and sees his parents.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
