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interloper

[in-ter-loh-per] / ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər /


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Some staff saw her as an interloper at “60 Minutes,” which has long prized its autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Armed with stolen credentials of unknown origin, the AI interloper popped up a “swarm” of short-lived attackers that conducted reconnaissance of the Hugging Face network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

There I was an interloper, wandering in rooms that did not know me, sitting at a desk and in a chair that was not mine.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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