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onlooker

noun as in person observing an event

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The dancing made the crowd cheer and clap, which attracted even more onlookers.

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At that point you are truly in a pickle, for instead of swift action there will be a lengthy discussion as onlookers try to determine which of them is best qualified to assist.

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At Lilac Hill, a dead surface was observed by a smattering of polite onlookers, most of them ex-pats.

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Stepping up to the LPGA, complete with a deep gallery of onlookers and a phalanx of Secret Service agents surrounding her, could have been daunting.

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They made stacks and tunnels with the tires, crawled through them, jumped off them, knocked them over, bounced on them while onlookers watched from outside.

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

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