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pedestrians

noun

plural of pedestrian

as in walkers

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Recent Examples of pedestrians Users must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on a sidewalk and give an audible signal before passing a pedestrian. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 Of those, 25 deaths were of pedestrians, which is down from 30 pedestrian deaths at this time last year. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

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Dog walkers and fishermen waved, and a canoeist kept pace for a chat.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 9 Aug. 2026
At the Phillips Farm Preserve in Southbury, the Southbury Land Trust restricted dog walkers’ access to a field where woodcocks nest and asked the farmers to not maintain field edges until fall.

— Tran Chau, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

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The road to Summit Lake, where hikers usually hit the trail, was closed for construction all last summer and only recently reopened in May.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Along the journey, hikers are treated to dramatic views of Europe’s most popular natural landscapes, including the Black Forest and beech forests along the Baltic Sea.

— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

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