foreigner
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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
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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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