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Recent Examples of bystander
These should include more extensive consideration of bystanders.
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Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 May 2026
This marked the first appearance of an embodied AI robot at a Met Gala pre-event, attracting significant attention from media, designers, and bystanders.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
The teenage bystander was not seriously injured and has been released from a hospital, ABC News reported.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
Quinn said the bystander was struck by the suspect, not an officer.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 May 2026
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Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 May 2026
This marked the first appearance of an embodied AI robot at a Met Gala pre-event, attracting significant attention from media, designers, and bystanders.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
The teenage bystander was not seriously injured and has been released from a hospital, ABC News reported.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
Quinn said the bystander was struck by the suspect, not an officer.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bystander
Noun
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Many observers have argued in retrospect that blocking the merger was a mistake.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Davis, the observer, said that unlike the earlier trackers, the Migra Map doesn’t attempt to alert people to events occurring in real time, but reports enforcement actions after the fact.—
Carolina Cuellar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Known by Manchester United fans as ‘King Eric’, the talismanic and mercurial character was also known for his temper and in 1995 he was convicted of assault of an abusive spectator, which led to an eight-month suspension from football.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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No Boston Legacy spectator parking in Franklin Park or on neighborhood streets will be allowed on game days.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Suddenly, big audiences are harder to come by, and advertisers instead must work harder to persuade individual viewers during personal binge sessions.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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Those viewers were probably not sated by the FCC’s February review of the performance, which found that the songs’ lyrics had been appropriately altered for the broadcast.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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“Bystander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bystander. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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