outsider
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Kleban—like Platner, a first-time candidate—thinks an outsider has the best shot.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
But I’ve always been the outsider in those rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mark: There is no rush but I would look at Postecoglou, Kasper Hjulmand and Jurgen Klinsmann as an outsider.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
But it’s unlikely that Carlson can simply transmit an outsider glow to Vance, even if they are friends.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Once again, I’m the odd one out, the outsider, not really part of this community where I was born and have lived all my life.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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The team, outsiders agreed, had become impossible to coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
They did not emerge out of candidate recruitment by outsiders or party critics.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
But another connotation of a family fight is that the argument stays behind closed doors and outsiders really don’t know what the issues are, Englander noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
In his early days at Amazon, in 2009, many outsiders still viewed the now-behemoth as an underdog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
What was taken by outsiders to be slackness, slovenliness or even generosity was in fact a full recognition of the legitimacy of forces other than good ones.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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