Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looker-on
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The comet's sudden increase in luster tempted not a few observers to search for it during the daytime.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025 -
This mixed bag has allowed observers on all sides to crow.—
Dan Greene,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Just before the Washington Wizards and the Sacramento Kings tipped off their game here Sunday night, Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma jogged to a spectator who sat in the first row at midcourt.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Grandstands and spectator areas, sponsors’ accommodations, TV camera towers and the like are already set up here, and will be set up at the other two courses.—
Jim Alexander,
Orange County Register,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Panthers more than doubled their win total from 2023 in 2024, and the hope, at least from the most positive onlookers, should be another doubling in 2025.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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As onlookers gawked, took pictures and videos of the stunt, much could be said of the meta recreation and the series’ commentary on surveillance, the nature of work and the interplay of the two in the modern world.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2025
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The researchers also discovered that PRIMER cells are surrounded by another population called bystander cells, which seem to be important for transmitting the immune response throughout the plant.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The pair were derailed — and the incident nearly veered into violence — when a bystander who supported the mural tried to intervene.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2025
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