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onlooker

noun as in person observing an event

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Moments later, another onlooker approached Sliwa and urged him to drop out.

In the square, cheering onlookers voted for their favourite male after they were put through a series of trials, which ranged from explaining their choice of book to performing romantic songs.

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They were shouting to onlookers to get back and move on.

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Some seem to be smiling, reminiscent of the merry onlookers grinning for the camera in grisly lynching photos.

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The armed officers shouted at onlookers to "get back" and "move on".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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