busybodies

plural of busybody

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Recent Examples of busybodies Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Audrey Hepburn plays a blind woman who manages to thwart intruders by shutting off all the lights in her apartment.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Drones circle the Atlanta set, intruders trying to sneak unauthorized footage of the final season.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the show’s dangers aren’t limited to supernatural creatures—sinister scientists, Soviet spies, and government cover-ups all loom large.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Duplicity, directed by Tony Gilroy, follows two corporate spies, Claire (Roberts) and Ray (Owen), who become embroiled in a clandestine love affair.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is a novel and compelling scenario and offers a refreshing alternative to collisions from interplanetary interlopers explaining the destruction of a former Saturnian moon.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The object is named for its status as one of three interstellar interlopers ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as the telescope that spotted it.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Busybodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busybodies. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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