passerby
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As the tram careens past, a delivery man can been seen leaping to safety from his bicycle, while a passerby also races out of the way.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
A passerby alerted authorities to a woman in a “state of medical distress” shortly after midnight Jan. 6 near Sierra Highway and Technology Drive, said Lt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Any prudent passerby would think twice before approaching a clearing with a tower made of hundreds of skulls at its center.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
"It's interesting because not that many things get vandalised around here," says Lucia, a passerby who lives in the city.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Lourdes recognizes a passerby, a heavyset woman with a veiled pillbox hat who praised her Boston cream pies.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
On this late-May evening in Mindelo, a city on the archipelago nation's Sao Vicente island, passersby who recognise the singer stop in the street to join the concert.
From Barron's ● Jul. 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
Many curious passersby poked their heads inside, wondering if the restaurant was serving food again.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
We looked up and down Main Street, taking in store owners and passersby.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
