passerby
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A sympathetic passerby asks, who have you lost?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Speaking to the Sun, a passerby saw the bag on the side of a road and alerted her partner after becoming suspicious.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Restaurant terraces sit deserted, while souvenir, watersports and perfume vendors watch for the rare passerby.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
The sight of the full battalion brings grins to every passerby.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
The worst part was that the sidewalls of our classroom only came up as high as our desks, so any passerby could watch.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Teams of sellers hawk their filming services to passersby, many of whom have been drawn to the city and its cyberpunk image by motorbiking videos on social media shot against the neon-lit nightscape.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Two men who were among the first on the scene of a bus crash that injured dozens said passengers were "crying and screaming" as passersby rushed to break them out.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Several other cities have followed: Chengdu deployed a mixed squad of quadruped and humanoid robots, Shenzhen is testing humanoids that shake hands with passersby, and a Wenzhou model literally rolls.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
He testified he complained about passersby some 50 times last summer alone; Shorewood Police said they have responded to his calls for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
She would have howled in the street had it not been so crowded with passersby.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
