as in intruders
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
the nosey parker next door is insane with frustration because I won't take her advice about how to nurse my baby
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An hour later, four Chinese ships entered what Taiwan considers restricted waters south of Kinmen's Lieyu island, prompting Taipei to deploy four of its own coast guard vessels to intercept and monitor the intruders.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025 -
The natural world is unforgiving to intruders.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Set during the Great Depression, a Milwaukee detective’s quest to find a Wisconsin cheese heiress lands him in Hungary and on a collision course with history to meet Nazis, spies, and swing musicians in the octogenarian literary giant’s first novel in over a decade.—
Tomi Obaro,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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The duo plays Emily and Matt, a married pair of ex-CIA spies forced out of retirement and back into the world of espionage after their secret identities are revealed.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Nosey parkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosey%20parkers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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