outsider
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Under his leadership, which helped stabilise the economy and tackle corruption, China began transforming into a manufacturing powerhouse, leaving behind its status as a Communist outsider.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Matières Fécales — literally French for “fecal matter” — has gone from an intentionally provocative outsider project to dressing some of the world’s biggest celebrities, including Zendaya, Lady Gaga, Demi Moore and Kylie Jenner.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Burwell’s music would be an outsider pick for a score award, but a Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross-caliber choice to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Walter Mondale pioneered the liaison job, bridging the gap between the outsider President Jimmy Carter, and Mondale’s former congressional colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
If I were an outsider watching this conversation, I would tell myself to stop pushing, that no one wants to help someone behaving childishly.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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Bourdain gave fellow outsiders an insider’s view of the kitchen.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Annie Kwon, a 26-year-old chip engineer at Samsung, thinks she found a workaround to vetting outsiders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
To outsiders, his relationship with Mourinho is characterised by a public criticism from the Portuguese in November 2016 around an unwillingness to play through an injury.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
If it wasn't for the atas' work-worn faces, it is often hard for outsiders to work out who is who.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
What seemed perfectly normal to white Birmingham residents proved a genuine contradiction of our nation’s democratic ideals to outsiders such as Salisbury.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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