onlooker
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“I’m just trying to go to dinner,” she tells the camera in a video captured by an onlooker, “and I’ve asked these people several times to get away from me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
“How’s the weather been?” he asked one onlooker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Sunday's spectacle drew crowds of hundreds, with onlooker Richard Bode, 34, calling the event a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
An onlooker warned the agents, “You gonna let him die.”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
What he means is that he doesn’t want to be merely an onlooker, that there’s no room for him in all that, and he’s right.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
And in 2024, a huge chunk of cliffside near the road collapsed, with onlookers sprinting from the edge as the ground crumbled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The operation was livestreamed by the city as curious onlookers gathered along the canal for a glimpse of the shark.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some onlookers say they will believe 2028 when they see it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
She had had a fright and could not even deal with the concern and empathy of onlookers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
I bow, then wave the onlookers good-bye as the teahouse doors shut behind me.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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