bystander

Example Sentences

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Police body-camera footage and bystander videos show what happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The video of the dispute, taken by a bystander, shows a disagreement between the concertgoers and a female employee after a Los Bukis concert.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

Gil Kerlikowske, a former CBP commissioner, told ProPublica that it’s difficult to draw conclusions from the chaos in bystander videos.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

But I don’t feel anything, at least the me who’s a bystander here does not.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman