Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawpers
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The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that China was using LinkedIn and other social media platforms to recruit spies.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
4 June 2026 -
In the bulletin, the Five Eyes agencies said Chinese spies were particularly targeting those who specialized in defense, foreign affairs and intelligence, and military personnel, including those stationed in the Indo-Pacific region.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Her sister had been banished to the House of Scorn, and her brother was out on watch, tasked with keeping intruders at bay.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Smallmouth bass already feast on humpback chub in the river’s upper section, where agencies spend millions of dollars annually to keep the intruders in check.—
Dorany Pineda,
Fortune,
27 May 2026
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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
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So Wembanyama naturally decided to toy with his rubberneckers.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Our two Yank interlopers spend some time puzzling over what that supernatural secret might be, before all is revealed in a burst of fantastical exposition toward the end of Act 1.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Gawpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawpers. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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