gawpers

plural of gawper, chiefly British

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Noun
  • Now in its fifth season, the Apple TV drama follows a gang of screw-up spies who are nobody’s idea of the Avengers, led by Gary Oldman’s irascible, flatulent Jackson Lamb.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Liu family had become targets of the country's spies due to his involvement in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Many canines view postal workers as intruders entering their territory, prompting barking and their natural defense instincts to kick in, an article from Rover reported.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Police were racing the clock to find the intruders; experts say thieves of such treasures typically dismantle or melt down the loot, sometimes within hours, to avoid being caught.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The rubberneckers usually got lucky, especially in the beginning, when the Grill really was a hangout for the downtown film scene.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Most were out of goodness and concern; others were just rubberneckers looking to see what was going on.
    Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Chronic neuropathic pain, however, is the most unwelcome of all the interlopers.
    Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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“Gawpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawpers. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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