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foreigner

[fawr-uh-ner, for-] / ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr- /


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“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

"A friend told me a foreigner was paying good money for queen ants - the big red ones which are easily seen around here," the former broker said.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

This may have been because he was a foreigner, or a calculating businessman, but Ms. Goldring makes the case that it was Holbein’s irreplaceable artistic prowess that kept him in the king’s good graces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But if the trader was a foreigner who placed the trades abroad, U.S. authorities might not have a case because of a lack of jurisdiction, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

He greeted people with the exuberance they expected from a foreigner and he flirted with the ladies.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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