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gawkers

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plural of gawker

as in rubberneckers

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The rubberneckers who gather across the street are represented by crowd noise, and at one point a handful of cops stalk down the aisles of the theater, guns pointed right at Sonny.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
So Wembanyama naturally decided to toy with his rubberneckers.

— Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026

Definition of rubberneckers

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The book instead focuses on Penelope’s diplomatic genius, along with her loyal women who form a network of spies for her along with a secret militia that quietly runs the island from the shadows for two decades while their men are away at war.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
But no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

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And yet scores of interlopers have dropped by the page in order to try and score a miracle — or even have more nefarious plans of ripping off cinephiles.

— William Earl, Variety, 20 July 2026
The tale of Odysseus’ exploits are framed around Telemachus’ mission to find answers about his father, while his mother, Penelope (Hathaway), keeps the interlopers at bay.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of interlopers

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Dwarf mongooses deposit more territorial scent markings when a rival is detected nearby, meanwhile meerkats tend to scent mark near burrows that intruders have scoped out.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Experts worry about potential ecological domino effects, as the intruders often compete with or eat native species and throw ecosystems off balance.

— Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026

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