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Recent Examples of onlooker
Its excellent shape and contours deliver nicely for onlookers while serving the owner’s space and comfortability requirements.
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Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Two onlookers actually ran up to the squad car Davis was being put into and had to be briefly restrained by officers.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Almost every week there are VHS swaps across the city, where collectors and vendors, who connect on social media apps like Instagram, come together to offer tapes to both seasoned and curious onlookers.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
For almost 60 years, this was one of the city's least inviting landmarks, with increasingly stringent security deterring even the most placid of curious onlookers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Two onlookers actually ran up to the squad car Davis was being put into and had to be briefly restrained by officers.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Almost every week there are VHS swaps across the city, where collectors and vendors, who connect on social media apps like Instagram, come together to offer tapes to both seasoned and curious onlookers.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
For almost 60 years, this was one of the city's least inviting landmarks, with increasingly stringent security deterring even the most placid of curious onlookers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onlooker
Noun
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But other political observers note that Republicans will be narrow favorites to retain the upper chamber given the near perfect election season Democrats must have.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Contested election Earlier this year, Myanmar completed its third and final round of voting in a general election, a process which has been widely called a sham by international observers.—
Lorcan Lovett,
NPR,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The regents may gather themselves by then and realize they have been relegated to mere spectators with titles as others strain to keep secret the complaint and how it was handled.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The label worked closely with Fenty creative director Jahleel Weaver, who also does art direction for Amina Muaddi and had the idea for the two-toned brogue spectator style that Rihanna wore with her custom Marc Jacobs look in 2025.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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This asynchrony was designed to leave viewers in a disoriented state of expectation.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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That said, the small number of official tickets given away online were snapped up immediately, and the concert live-stream racked up more than 18 million viewers on Netflix.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onlooker. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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