foreigner
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The German word Ausländer means outsider—a foreigner who does not belong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The average foreigner targeted by recruiters working for Russia is under 40, living in a poorer country and lured by the "promise of a job", she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Why isn’t a foreigner, an Emirati, Canadian and Irish citizen, the face of this project if it’s for national security?” she said.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Kafka was a foreigner everywhere, especially in Prague,” Maïa Hruska writes in her absorbing book, “Kafkaesque,” which receives a fittingly attentive translation from the French by Sam Taylor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“You must have begged of a foreigner this day,” he said to O-lan.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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More than half of that money, worth $3.9 trillion, is owned by foreigners, according to MUFG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
A further 5,285 people are missing in Nepal, including hundreds of foreigners.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Japan needs to open its doors to more foreigners, the Nikkei business daily said in a recent editorial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
This year, close to 100 million foreigners are expected to come to Spain, making it the second most-visited country in the world, just behind France.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
What will we have left to give to foreigners when all of our obelisks are gone?
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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