interloper

Example Sentences

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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

“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.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 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