interloper
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It wasn’t long ago that the thought of even a single interloper breaking into the ultraexclusive championship club seemed about as far-fetched as Nick Saban taking up stand-up comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
The career interloper was on the cusp of becoming the establishment, if he wasn’t already.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
The last time he played Glastonbury, in 2002, he was viewed as an interloper – sitting awkwardly on the bill beside the likes of The White Stripes, Coldplay and Orbital.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 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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