bystander

Example Sentences

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Police body-camera footage and bystander videos show what happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The video of the dispute, taken by a bystander, shows a disagreement between the concertgoers and a female employee after a Los Bukis concert.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Eberechi Eze has almost been a bystander in comparison, despite the fanfare that greeted his £60m arrival from Crystal Palace in August, stolen away from Spurs at the 11th hour.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

And, finally, your brother-in-law is not an objective bystander.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

Now Paul and the other witnesses were convinced that Kelli had been a crazy, firebomb-throwing cheerleader, while I had simply been an innocent bystander who’d panicked and ran from the scene.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan