as in townsfolk
the people who live in a town or city
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The film follows several townspeople who try to decide what to do with a dead body.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
The whole settlement will collapse if townspeople can’t get along.
—Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The local townspeople successfully resisted.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Their serenity is about to be broken by the arrival of the new PE teacher who is haunted by his past and determined to uncover the secret of how all of the townspeople are healed weekly by the touch of a 15-year-old boy with special powers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
The whole settlement will collapse if townspeople can’t get along.
—Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The local townspeople successfully resisted.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Their serenity is about to be broken by the arrival of the new PE teacher who is haunted by his past and determined to uncover the secret of how all of the townspeople are healed weekly by the touch of a 15-year-old boy with special powers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Townspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townspeople. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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