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interloper

[in-ter-loh-per] / ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər /


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Yet O’Connor condemned RIH’s move as an underhanded gambit to “circumvent” his authority, as though he alone had a claim to litigate this dispute and McElroy was an impudent interloper.

From Slate May 19, 2026

As in “The Country of the Pointed Firs,” the novel is about the arrival of a worldly interloper to a remote, pastoral community.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Win or lose, streaming’s 900-pound gorilla will have thwarted or at least impeded a carefully laid attack by interloper David Ellison and his billionaire father, Larry.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

Gillard and Slavin say they’ve heard from residents there may have been some altercation between the mom and the interloper that sent Hope off the nest and into the wires that night.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

I no longer wanted the Captain to be a Nazi spy or an interloper.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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