as in townsfolk
the people who live in a town or city
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As the threat escalates, the townspeople band together to protect their beloved town from the menacing predator.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Jason Lemon, Senior Politics Editor Philosophy The Prophet By Kahlil Gibran | Penguin Classics
The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays by the legendary writer Gibran about a fictional prophet who is asked by townspeople to discuss matters of life before sailing home.
—Newsweek Staff, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
In 2022, a gang of free-roaming macaques reportedly terrorized townspeople in Yamaguchi, Japan, breaking into apartments, messing with crops, and injuring residents with scratches and bites.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
There was to be a magnificent number with the townspeople in matching spandex outfits bitchily slamming their doors in unison to an ever-swelling melody.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Jason Lemon, Senior Politics Editor Philosophy The Prophet By Kahlil Gibran | Penguin Classics
The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays by the legendary writer Gibran about a fictional prophet who is asked by townspeople to discuss matters of life before sailing home.
—Newsweek Staff, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
In 2022, a gang of free-roaming macaques reportedly terrorized townspeople in Yamaguchi, Japan, breaking into apartments, messing with crops, and injuring residents with scratches and bites.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
There was to be a magnificent number with the townspeople in matching spandex outfits bitchily slamming their doors in unison to an ever-swelling melody.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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The other actors in the terrific eight-member cast — which includes Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves and Ken Marks — play multiple roles as townsfolk, family members, lawmen, desperados, hucksters and suckers.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2025
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The townsfolk run for cover as the glowing red eyes and bone-chilling howls signal the return of the terrifying creature.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Townspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townspeople. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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