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Recent Examples of bystander
The images captured by bystanders and immigration agents were reminiscent of the lynching postcards that white spectators once bought and traded — reproductions of retributive violence, tailor-made to titillate and intimidate.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Florida Highway Patrol, which is deputized to do immigration enforcement, conducting an arrest while refusing to say why, violently arresting a family member for daring to ask why the arrest is happening, and threatening to arrest a bystander in a public street who is filming.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Michael Chesna and bystander Vera Adams in a July 2018 rampage.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Robert is not a man of his time, riding the wave of innovation, but more of an innocent bystander.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
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Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Florida Highway Patrol, which is deputized to do immigration enforcement, conducting an arrest while refusing to say why, violently arresting a family member for daring to ask why the arrest is happening, and threatening to arrest a bystander in a public street who is filming.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Michael Chesna and bystander Vera Adams in a July 2018 rampage.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Robert is not a man of his time, riding the wave of innovation, but more of an innocent bystander.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bystander
Noun
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In the days after the training session, about 190 of the more than 400 people who attended had signed on to be observers, according to Luis Argueta, a spokesman for the grassroots organization Unidos MN and a speaker at the event.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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One possibility is an expansion of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, or UNTSO, which maintains a small observer force in Lebanon.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Popov has participated in industry discussions around event safety and operational standards, with an emphasis on making rules understandable for participants and spectators alike.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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The images captured by bystanders and immigration agents were reminiscent of the lynching postcards that white spectators once bought and traded — reproductions of retributive violence, tailor-made to titillate and intimidate.—
Tressie McMillan Cottom,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While the Super Bowl halftime show is happening on NBC and Peacock, Turning Point USA is hosting an alternative halftime show for viewers at home.—
Maria Francis,
Oklahoman,
8 Feb. 2026
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But nothing could have prepared viewers for the movie's ending, as an unfinished screenplay became the stuff of nightmares — literally and figuratively.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Bystander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bystander. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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