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Recent Examples of bystander
There’s no sense in an innocent bystander getting shrapnel on her.
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Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
It’s soon followed by a pack of dogs, chasing the bunny and barely registering the meowing bystander’s existence.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
According to Bowers while speaking to local Fox affiliate KTVU, a bystander had gotten out of his car and pulled the surviving occupant out from the mangled vehicle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Body camera footage from Fannin County Sheriff’s Office shows Brittany Patterson, then 41, being confronted and arrested at home on Oct. 30 by deputies hours after a bystander reported seeing her son in public alone.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
It’s soon followed by a pack of dogs, chasing the bunny and barely registering the meowing bystander’s existence.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
According to Bowers while speaking to local Fox affiliate KTVU, a bystander had gotten out of his car and pulled the surviving occupant out from the mangled vehicle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Body camera footage from Fannin County Sheriff’s Office shows Brittany Patterson, then 41, being confronted and arrested at home on Oct. 30 by deputies hours after a bystander reported seeing her son in public alone.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bystander
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Next year will be another one of dazzling sky shows and offer opportunities for forging deeper connections with astronomy, said Vanessa Alarcon, an astronomical observer at Griffith Observatory.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Richemont will also have the right to nominate a member and an observer to the Mytheresa board following the close of the deal, which is set for the first half of 2025.Samantha Conti, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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The incident occurred around 6 p.m. during the city's Festival of Lights Parade along Palm Canyon Drive, temporarily stopping the annual celebration that draws up to 100,000 spectators.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The festival’s 21st edition – running from November 29 to December 7 – was attended by a record 40,000 spectators, including 7,500 children and teenagers as part of the Young Audiences and Families program.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
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From 2018's The Princess Switch to 2024's Our Little Secret, these 15 Netflix Christmas romance movies are fan favorites that viewers keep coming back to year after year.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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But Feldman encourages viewers who think Lydia (Kudrow) might be responsible for the conflagration to rewatch and look for other clues as to how that fire scarred half of Margo’s face.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Bystander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bystander. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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