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These mechanical quadrupeds, made by the likes of Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics, can patrol premises, scanning the perimeter for intruders, spies, and other ne’er-do-wells, and sound the alarm when holes in fences or other suspicious things are detected.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026 -
Assad was a counterterrorism case officer responsible for spotting, assessing, and recruiting spies; Rigby Assad was a counterintelligence interrogator.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Check your seedlings daily and pinch out intruders.—
Marianne Willburn,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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But not to feel safer or catch potential intruders.—
Richard Ruelas,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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One 2009 estimate showed that removing the hundreds of thousands of these interlopers in the lower Colorado basin could bring 1 million acre-feet of water back to the watershed.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The contest winner—a very tall lookalike in roller skates—basked in attention from park-going singles and rubberneckers just outside the North entrance.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
9 Mar. 2026
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The rubberneckers usually got lucky, especially in the beginning, when the Grill really was a hangout for the downtown film scene.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Priers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priers. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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