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foreigner

[fawr-uh-ner, for-] / ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr- /


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“Sometimes,” Mr. Byrne said, “it takes a naive foreigner to appreciate what people who live in a country don’t realize they have”—a sentiment congruent with his advice to think across disciplines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Five years later, he was chosen by a conservative British prime minister, David Cameron, to head the Bank of England, becoming the first foreigner to lead the institution.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

It said the expedition comprises 10 people -- including five Nepalese, a Pakistani, an Omani, an American, a climber from China, and one other foreigner.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

As Kip says, Lord Suffolk is the first person to treat him like a fellow Englishman and not a foreigner.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

She said “Africa” wistfully, like an admiring foreigner, loading the word with exotic excitement.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Section 702 can be used only to target foreigners abroad who have information on specific foreign-intelligence topics: foreign governments, counterterrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and international narcotics trafficking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

But the praise and pity produced resentment among many Americans who did not want an admissions system that elevated foreigners to a higher pedestal.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

For years, foreigners loved France’s debt market, one of the world’s biggest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

According to Amnesty International, the country has executed around 100 people this year, many of whom are foreigners convicted of drug offences.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

On March 22, 1621, an official Native American delegation walked through what is now southern New England to negotiate with a group of foreigners who had taken over a recently deserted Indian settlement.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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