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interloper

noun as in person who intrudes, meddles

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“Everyone who was there to buy wasn’t. It was hard to find someone I wanted to talk to. We were just kind of interlopers, walking around.”

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Gritty paddle surfaces and the influence of topspin-trained tennis interlopers has accelerated pace and rewarded hitters who put extra English on the ball.

Eventually, an unexpected interloper arrived to rescue him.

From its display case in the museum’s “Stories from Mesoamerica” hall, the iridescent plumage shimmers like a rainbow encased in glass, a tropical interloper to these northern climes.

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“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha” reminds us that we’re only a naive and caring interloper away from making the world a slightly more welcoming place.

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