foreigner
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“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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
They also cast him as a foreigner, despite him being from Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. territory and makes him a U.S. citizen since birth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
"He's inspirational because I can relate to him. Coming here as a foreigner and actually making it in life, that's a big inspiration for me," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
Any thrownaway lover in wet unlaced shoes and a buttoned-up sweater under his coat is a foreigner here.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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