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spectator

[spek-tay-ter, spek-tay-] / ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ- /


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His first World Series game as a spectator and fan?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Medvedev swiped it into the stands, where it hit a spectator in the face.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

While almost every spectator experiences stadium prayers as a moment of community, these efforts have often come under legal attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

And enjoying that art doesn’t mean that those bad people are above criticism, or that the spectator has a moral failing of their own.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

From this tunnel, I was extremely startled to see protruding a pair of adult male feet, shod in some oddly familiar brown-and-white spectator shoes.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Without us, there is no one to hoist blame upon when the film reveals its layers, no one to compare to the film’s wide-eyed spectators of global collapse.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

She said bad weather had turned some spectators off, but was eager to point out that some sports were well attended.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The musicians were smiling, the spectators tapped and clapped, and that magical sense of timelessness was real, spanning multiple generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

They aren’t spectators, and their voices deserve to be heard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The spectators who had been considering taking their leave decide to stay just a bit longer and comment enthusiastically about the lighting of the fire.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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