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meddler

noun

Definition of meddler

as in intruder

a person who meddles in the affairs of others a meddler who stayed up all night watching the neighbors

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Recent Examples of meddler Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry. — Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026 But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026

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Her trip comes just one day after an intruder broke into the Today show studio and threatened her co-anchor Craig Melvin.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 July 2026
Later that year, an intruder broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of intruder

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On 227, Williams starred as Lester Jenkins, who has his own construction company in support of his busybody wife, Mary (Gibbs), and their studious daughter, Brenda (Regina King).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Since her ballerina kindergarten years, Sukihana—the rapper, reality television star, podcaster, and soon-to-be mom of four—has been a polymathic busybody.

— Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of busybody

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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
Earlier this month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance would order up to 10 spy planes from Saab, in a deal that could be worth nearly $5 billion based on the price of the GlobalEye aircraft.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of spy

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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
But one thing that was familiar to this interloper from London, was the TV coverage.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026

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