outsider

Example Sentences

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"I feel like I'm in the bubble. I don't know what's going on. I'm just very happy to be here," said Chwalinska, who was a 500-1 outsider at the start of the tournament.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Is it enough to merit the risk of an untested outsider with more than a few red flags, a talent for attracting bad press, and enough jagged edges to crack a lobster shell?

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

I was aware before I arrived that it had outsider status here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Of all the candidates, Mitchell said, Pratt as an outsider adept at Instagram and TikTok has the greatest opportunity to create a new surge electorate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Though I wasn’t a computing geek, I knew all about being an outsider looking in.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz