spectator
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Metro might cede “the massive responsibility of delivering a spectator and workforce transit system” to LA28.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
While almost every spectator experiences stadium prayers as a moment of community, these efforts have often come under legal attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But occasionally, snobs don’t have a choice, such as when they’re sitting in the dark of a movie theater, where the viewer assumes the role of the spectator.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
You are not a spectator to American democracy, and you are not a passive recipient of American constitutional meaning.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
Her crisp seersucker suit, spectator pumps and gloves informed me that she was proper and serious.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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But the Tokyo organizers decided the pandemic made it too dangerous for foreign visitors to attend, before decided that even domestic spectators had to be ruled out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Fury, 37, stopped 46-year-old Mariusz Wach in seven rounds in Pattaya, Thailand, in a bout held in front of about 1,500 spectators and not broadcast on television.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Even so, thousands of spectators waited below, along with a team of more than 200 to guide the huge craft to the landing mast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
As the match progressed, some spectators formed their own makeshift games farther down the beach as the midday sun tracked west through the afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The spectators rooted for the people at the back of the pack just as much as they shouted for the ones that shot out in front.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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