interloper

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Mr. B. eventually moved on and the interloper, dubbed Shadow, moved in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

In another cast, opposite the less effective Isaac Hernández, Léa Fleytoux played the ballet’s jaunty interloper with insouciance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 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

An interloper, like a rodent that had chewed through the wall.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead