bystander

Example Sentences

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As this barbershop bystander made clear, for the first time, only a prediction of another championship would be acceptable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

As in other federal assault cases, bystander videos as well as police-camera and surveillance footage cast doubt on agents’ claims, in some cases leading to the exoneration of citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

And, finally, your brother-in-law is not an objective bystander.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

Some analyses of bystander video appear to show a federal agent taking Pretti’s gun from his hip before the first shots were fired.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Now Paul and the other witnesses were convinced that Kelli had been a crazy, firebomb-throwing cheerleader, while I had simply been an innocent bystander who’d panicked and ran from the scene.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan