outsider

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Using that fame, she ran as a Republican in 2021 in California’s gubernatorial recall election, positioning herself as a political outsider.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He ran for Jersey City mayor as a fresh-faced outsider with an ambitious progressive agenda, taking office in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

He went to secondary school in the wealthy bourgeois 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he said he felt an uncomfortable outsider, and later attended the elite ENA administration school.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Defense lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, an outsider from the port city of Barranquilla who uses fierce rhetoric when talking about illegal armed groups, has promised to trim the size of the government by 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

And, even though she still felt like an outsider, especially around Rio and Kat, she also felt lucky to be a part of whatever this was and to have these people in her life.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti