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gawpers

noun

plural of gawper, chiefly British

as in spies

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Its Foundry software specializes in patching together data from various files and silos, and is marketed to spies, police, healthcare agencies and large enterprises.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Like Agent Kim, Han-soo and Jin-cheol are former spies and current parents.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026

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Both of the youngsters fledged, or took their first flight from the nest, but are still hanging around their natal digs, enjoying parental food deliveries and protection from intruders.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
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

Definition of intruders

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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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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

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