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Recent Examples of onlooker
After forgetting to kiss at the altar, the couple rectified the error on the Buckingham Palace balcony in front of 600,000 onlookers.
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Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
Every now and then people would stand, or onlookers would walk in and out, but for 40 minutes there was a reading party raging and things were getting literary.
—Sofia Zarran, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
Multiple media sources have recorded ICE agents threatening and using excessive force against onlookers.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
Every now and then people would stand, or onlookers would walk in and out, but for 40 minutes there was a reading party raging and things were getting literary.
—Sofia Zarran, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
Multiple media sources have recorded ICE agents threatening and using excessive force against onlookers.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onlooker
Noun
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The Huskies have had too many such games in too short a span for an outside observer to feel good about their chances of stacking six solid performances in the NCAA Tournament.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some observers also suggested the decline may be driven by a shift to a next phase in China’s military training and modernization, with the army appearing to be exploring a new model for joint training between its forces.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Because they were still being booked by police, BPD did not provide detailed information about the types of arrests officers made during the event, which brought in hundreds of thousands of spectators to the Boston neighborhood.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Officials encouraged people attending the parade to plan ahead for road closures and crowded public transit as the neighborhood fills with spectators throughout the day.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The show had an especially big lift among people ages 18 to 49, driven by mobile and laptop watches from younger viewers.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Certainly, the mere discussion of police killing unarmed civilians ought to be enough to fill an audience with fury, but the movie ends up with too sanitized and too academic an approach to afford viewers the room for these emotions.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onlooker. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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